>>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Martin Burnicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> Unlike with FreeBSD (AFAIK) there are a large number of Linux Martin> distributions with a large number of versions each, and thus a large Martin> number of different kernel versions are running out there, so the Martin> probability that the ownwer of a system which encounters those Martin> problems is higher for Linux than for FreeBSD. Martin, I could be wrong. It just seems to me, based on the reports I see, that there have been a few different things over the years where Linux kernels and their distros have done things that seem to make it real difficult to get them to keep good time. Lost interrupts in drivers, strange algorithms in ntp kernel subroutines, different libc interfaces. Just as another example, at one time Solaris was a great timekeeping platform. I gather a little while ago Dave went in to the serial driver and saw how it had been improved for certain tasks, and those improvements really messed up the serial driver's ability to keep time well. I think Dave sent them back a modified driver that restored the balance, but I could be mistaken about many things in this paragraph. H _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
