On Monday, August 30, 2010, Hal Murray wrote: > > > 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. > >
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 > > -- > These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. > > > > -- Chuck _______________________________________________ pool mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/pool
