Steve Kostecke <[email protected]> writes: >On 2009-01-11, Terje Mathisen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Steve Kostecke wrote: >> >>> On 2009-01-08, Charles Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have a processor with a serial GPS on a closed private network. >>>> If the GPS is not locked, or the GPS inputs are missing, I still >>>> want the ntpd to serve *some* time, perhaps from the undisciplined >>>> local clock. >>> >>> ntpd _never_ serves time "from" the Undisciplined Local Clock. >> >> Never? >Never. >The Undisciplined Clock Driver does poll the system clock >(often misleadingly referred to as the "local clock") _but_ the poll >results are discarded. So ntpd never actually serves time _from_ the >Undisciplined Local Clock. Sorry there is some sematic distinction going on here that I do not follow. ntp always "serves time" from the system clock. The question is how and whether ntp thinks that system clock itself is being disciplined. If it is disciplined by nothing it does not act as a server, and says so. If it is "disciplined " by local clock, it is still disciplined by nothing, but can act as an ntp server, and tells outside clients that it is being disciplined by the local clock. Am I wrong in my understanding? _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
