Hi again Anybody willing to help with this procedure? There are some spots where I could use some suggestions:
Il 11/01/2012 17:12, Marco Marongiu ha scritto: > Please let me know if this could be a good way to test if a given > combination OS/ntpd will behave (doesn't apply to Windows tho). > > I should shut down ntpd and configure the node as an "orphan" -- > maybe unplugging the network cable, or shutting down the interface, > or setting no "server" for it... whatever it is. > > Then I should set the clock close to midnight, start ntpd again, and > ask the kernel to insert a leap second. Or maybe I should insert the > leap second _before_ starting ntpd? > > I understand I could add a fake leap second by using "adjtimex -S", > or by using a fake leapseconds file. Is it correct? Any adjtimex > command line you may want to suggest, or discourage me to use? > > Then, I should just watch the clock go, and see if it is monotonic > when midnight comes. Would this be a good way to do that? > > while true ; do date +%H:%M:%S.%N ; done | tee time.log As I said in another message, I am mainly thinking of Linux, all 2.6 series, or above; distributions may be Debian Squeeze, some Ubuntu 10.04 LTS or higher, a very few Debian Lenny. If possible, I'd be interested in Windows XP and higher (for desktops). Nice to have, modern versions of Solaris -- like 11 and OpenIndiana. Thanks a lot Ciao -- M _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
