Re: [ntp:questions] Leap Second testing

2012-05-10 Thread E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists
On 3/6/2012 2:28 AM, Phil Fisher wrote: > I would appreciate help since we need to cover the scenario where our > 2.6.9 Linux kernel > may crash/hang when a leap Second insert occurs (due to the printk bug). > > Some context to avoid repetitive simple answers along lines of upgrade XYZ: > * we cann

Re: [ntp:questions] Leap Second testing

2012-05-09 Thread Dave Hart
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Phil Fisher wrote: > Once this was done, then ntptime indicates that it has been set even if the > current status shows it is not.  In my opinion this is at best fallacious if > not a bug.  If the Leap indicator is cleared then I would not expect it to be > remem

Re: [ntp:questions] Leap Second testing

2012-05-09 Thread Phil Fisher
g the leap second event. Phil -Original Message- From: Dave Hart [mailto:h...@ntp.org] Sent: 09 May 2012 15:24 To: Phil Fisher Cc: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Leap Second testing On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Phil Fisher wrote: > I was using ntptime to

Re: [ntp:questions] Leap Second testing

2012-05-09 Thread Dave Hart
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Phil Fisher wrote: > I was using ntptime to set the status bits for a system running a server > (Centos 5, ntpd 4.2.2p1).  Tis allowed me to set the LI indicator and > apparently to clear it.  The output from ntptime is shown at the end of this > message. When I loo

[ntp:questions] Leap Second testing

2012-05-09 Thread Phil Fisher
Hi folks Some of you may recall a question I posted several weeks ago (and to which principally Dave Hart replied) about Leap Second and a testing scenario for our systems. I am processing this at the moment and found what seems to be interesting information, unexpected to me. I was using ntpt