Hello from Gregg C Levine Hey, that I'll agree with. It happens that every time I install Linux here, and even compile a new kernel, when I need to turn on some new features, I worry about what worked, before, what became broken next. And so on.
For this release, a Zipslack of Slackware 8.0, with the 2.4.20 kernel, and a few features from 8.1 installed, I needed to build a new kernel. The time I noticed does get set from the computer's RTC, and I still don't know where to go digging through the kernel code, and other code space, to go looking for it, to see what it does. Slackware does have a NTP program set, but I've never used it. My service provider tells me they don't have a server for that. I do know of a bunch living out there. Just a thought. And the usual rules apply. ------------------- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------ "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi "Use the Force, Luke."� Obi-Wan Kenobi (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda ) > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > McKown, John > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 4:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Time Sync > > Just an observation that may well be very stupid. Since Linux/390 can use > NTP to sync time, then it must be that Linux/390 uses a "software" clock > instead of the hardware clock (TOD clock). Is this true? If so, what happens > if somebody down the line in the kernel maintainers decide that Linux should > use the TOD clock instead of a "software" clock? Wouldn't that cause a > problem? Or am I worrying about nothing. Unfortunately, I don't have the > Linux/390 kernel source around, or I would look myself. I do know where to > browse it on the Web, but only if I know the module that I want to view. I > can't use grep to find where the clock lives. > > > -- > John McKown > Senior Systems Programmer > UICI Insurance Center > Applications & Solutions Team > +1.817.255.3225 > >>>Statement from Sender's company deleted to save space<<<< > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard Troth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 4:48 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Time Sync > > > > > > Steve ... > > > > Linux/390 will synch time with NTP > > just as effectively as Linux on a PC will. > > VM does not benefit from this (but is not harmed by it). > > I have *not* found NTP to be a resource hog; in fact, it is > > designed to be kind of low impact. (Seems to sleep a lot > > waiting for time to pass and then check again what time it is.) > > > > Hopefully you have an internal time reference. > > If not, you'll have to find one outside of your network. > > (Probably okay, but there's no telling how responsive they > > will be since it is a courtesy of sorts.) You're welcome to hit > > my personal network (at home). Contact me off list for that addr. > > (I'm not in the NTP biz.) > > > > -- R; > >
