On 7 Mar 2015, at 14:16, David Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 07/03/2015 12:41, Neil Green wrote: >> In an attempt to squeeze all I can out of a NTP and GPS/PPS setup on the >> Raspberry Pi 2 I’m starting to experiment with compile flags using GCC 4.8. >> Currently I have: >> >> CC="gcc-4.8" CFLAGS="-mcpu=cortex-a7 -mfpu=neon-vfpv4" ./configure >> --enable-NMEA --enable-ATOM --enable-linuxcaps --disable-all-clocks >> --disable-parse-clocks --disable-ipv6 >> >> Will attempting to optimise the build like this have any positive impact on >> NTP in terms of precision, stability etc, or am I focussing on an area that >> will have no benefit? >> >> Thanks, >> Neil. > ================================== > > Neil, > > From my limited experience, improving stability etc. is best done by tuning > the NTP parameters, keeping the temperature as constant as possible, and if > you have a PPS source disabling the tickless mode in the kernel. > > If you are compiling a lot, "make -j5" speeds things up. "--enable-linuxcaps" > appear to be unnecessary, and I've not done any comparisons by enabling or > disabling different clocks, but anything to reduce the ./configure time would > be extremely welcome. > > I would be most interested to hear of your results. > > -- > Cheers, > David > Web: http://www.satsignal.eu > > _______________________________________________ > questions mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
Thanks to everyone who gave answers to my question. David, as the GPS I use sits directly over the Pi I’ve just started a cron job to collect the CPU temperature every 10 minutes, which I’ll run for 24 hours or so, but was wondering if you (or anyone) could offer suggestions with regards to keeping temperature constant in a normal home environment (room heated but only as needed and not overnight, computer and GPS placed near a window through necessity (GPS antenna is placed on the window sill)). Any advice much appreciated. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
