On Monday, August 30, 2010, Hal Murray wrote:
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> > i just noticed this in ntptime. does this mean that the linux kernel is now
> > running in  nanosecond resolution, and that it would be acceptable to run on
> > a stratum1 server instead  of freebsd? this is from a stratum2 server. when
> > we started with the pool our stratum1  servers needed to be freebsd to use
> > the nano kernel options.
> 
> Linux has been using nanosecond resolution for a long time.
> 
> The main problem with using Linux as a stratum1 server was that the kernel 
> didn't have PPS support.  That was fixed a while ago.  I'm not sure when, but 
> it's in 2.6.34.
> 
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cool. ill have to mess with that and see how it works out. i much prefer linux 
over 
freebsd for ease of maintenance. since it has pps support now it will work with 
my gps 
head. should be interesting..

thanks



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