Thanks, Rainer. You have seconds. Eric will get you guys set up. Jim
> We propose the creation of an NTP project on > OpenSolaris.ORG, affiliated > with the Nevada and Device Driver communities. > > While historially SunOS 4 and Solaris have been > platforms of choice for > NTP timekeeping and leading-edge development, Solaris > has fallen behind > other platforms (notably FreeBSD) in recent years. > This is due to a couple > f issues: > > * The NTP daemon and utilities have seen much > development in preparation > for the upcoming NTPv4 standard. Unfortunately, > Solaris still ships the > ancient xntp (NTPv3) daemon. > * The NTP kernel support has evolved beyond the code > currently in Solaris, > but those enhancements have not been picked up. > There's a multi-vendor API for reference clocks that > provide a > pulse-per-second signal (PPS API, RFC 2783). While > Solaris has some > support for PPS devices, it failed to implement the > PPS API > specification. > * Recent serial interface chips have seriously > degraded NTP performance > due to extended on-chip buffering, so current > systems have become > considerably worse for attaching serial reference > clocks. > * The PPS serial support in the kernel is a private > interface that was > not published in the DDI, so only onboard serial > ports are supported. > * The TOD synchronizaton model is fundamentally > broken in Solaris and > has resulted in unstable system clocks and wasted > thousands of dollars > in support calls and needlessly replaced hardware. > * The adjtime system call slews the clock in a way > that can disrupt NTP > time networks. > his project seems to remedy those problems and again > turn Solaris into a > primary NTP deployment and development platform. > > Project leaders will be Brian Utterback and myself. > > Rainer > > ------------------------------------------------------ > ----------------------- > Rainer Orth, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld > University > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
