Re: [ntp:questions] "Oneshot" time sync without risk of jumping time?

2014-04-27 Thread David Woolley
On 27/04/14 15:54, mike cook wrote: So it looks like -g allows the step even with the tinker variable when the difference is really big. Yes. That's its purpose. It disables the first panic. Also -x sets a large but finite value for when ntpd will step. (That value also disables the ke

Re: [ntp:questions] "Oneshot" time sync without risk of jumping time?

2014-04-27 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-27, mike cook wrote: > > Le 27 avr. 2014 ? 10:49, Manuel Reimer a ?crit : > >> Hello, >> >> I want to keep the time updated on a small Embedded Linux device. >> >> The clock doesn't have to be very accurate. An offset of a few seconds is OK. >> >> This small device only has Internet

Re: [ntp:questions] "Oneshot" time sync without risk of jumping time?

2014-04-27 Thread mike cook
Le 27 avr. 2014 à 16:19, mike cook a écrit : > > Le 27 avr. 2014 à 14:59, Manuel Reimer a écrit : > >> On 04/27/2014 11:37 AM, mike cook wrote: >>> use the tinker directive in the ntp conf file. >>> >>> ex. tinker panic 600 >> >> Thank you for this information, but where is this documented

Re: [ntp:questions] "Oneshot" time sync without risk of jumping time?

2014-04-27 Thread mike cook
Le 27 avr. 2014 à 14:59, Manuel Reimer a écrit : > On 04/27/2014 11:37 AM, mike cook wrote: >> use the tinker directive in the ntp conf file. >> >>ex. tinker panic 600 > > Thank you for this information, but where is this documented? At least my > "man ntp.conf" doesn't know a "tinker".

Re: [ntp:questions] "Oneshot" time sync without risk of jumping time?

2014-04-27 Thread Jason Rabel
> I want to keep the time updated on a small Embedded Linux device. > > The clock doesn't have to be very accurate. An offset of a few seconds > is OK. > > This small device only has Internet for a few minutes a day and I have > to pay for each byte that gets transmitted, so I want to keep the >

Re: [ntp:questions] "Oneshot" time sync without risk of jumping time?

2014-04-27 Thread Manuel Reimer
On 04/27/2014 11:37 AM, mike cook wrote: use the tinker directive in the ntp conf file. ex. tinker panic 600 Thank you for this information, but where is this documented? At least my "man ntp.conf" doesn't know a "tinker". $ ntpd --version ntpd 4.2.6p5 ntpd 4.2.6p5@1.2349-o Tue Mar 1

Re: [ntp:questions] "Oneshot" time sync without risk of jumping time?

2014-04-27 Thread mike cook
Le 27 avr. 2014 à 10:49, Manuel Reimer a écrit : > Hello, > > I want to keep the time updated on a small Embedded Linux device. > > The clock doesn't have to be very accurate. An offset of a few seconds is OK. > > This small device only has Internet for a few minutes a day and I have to pay >

[ntp:questions] "Oneshot" time sync without risk of jumping time?

2014-04-27 Thread Manuel Reimer
Hello, I want to keep the time updated on a small Embedded Linux device. The clock doesn't have to be very accurate. An offset of a few seconds is OK. This small device only has Internet for a few minutes a day and I have to pay for each byte that gets transmitted, so I want to keep the tra