Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: > >> As I've already said, I expect drift ... meetcha tomorrow in half an >> hour. > > Um, why will it drift? > > Turn on ntp. Really. ntp does a phenomally good job of keeping clocks > synchronized while still maintaining monotonicity (which is required for > reliable source control timestamps). > > With pool.ntp.org providing automagic time servers, there really isn't > any good reason not to use it anymore. > > ntp will actually work out what the consistent drift in your clock is > and cancel it out. It's that good. However, if you really are drifting > that badly, it's probably time to replace the battery on the motherboard. > $ ntpstat synchronised to NTP server (193.125.143.172) at stratum 3 time correct to within 69 ms polling server every 1024 s
I'm happy w/ 69 ms. I'd be (sortof-almost-as) happy with 69 s. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
