[ntp:questions] Handle ntp conf modification when ntp is already running

2014-04-08 Thread Arthur Lambert
Hi, I am currently using ntpd for my project. My need is to be able to use new ntp url when I put a new url in ntp.conf even if the ntp daemon is already running. Currently, I need to kill and reboot ntpd to be able to use the new ntp url set in my configuration file. i guess that my solution

Re: [ntp:questions] Reasons of NTP not to use GPS source

2014-04-08 Thread a . everett . 000
On Monday, 16 September 2013 08:00:09 UTC+1, Igor Pavlov wrote: Hi! I am using GPS-receiver based on Geos-1m chip ( http://www.geostar-navigation.com/en/navigation_05.html) I connected it to serial port and configured NTP. It becomes unused by NTP: when do ntpq -p reuest ti

Re: [ntp:questions] Reasons of NTP not to use GPS source

2014-04-08 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2014-04-08, a.everett@gmail.com a.everett@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, 16 September 2013 08:00:09 UTC+1, Igor Pavlov wrote: [---=| Quote block shrinked by t-prot: 45 lines snipped |=---] 64.279 We find that the problem with many (not all) NMEA GPS receivers is that often too much

Re: [ntp:questions] Handle ntp conf modification when ntp is already running

2014-04-08 Thread David Lord
Arthur Lambert wrote: Hi, I am currently using ntpd for my project. My need is to be able to use new ntp url when I put a new url in ntp.conf even if the ntp daemon is already running. Currently, I need to kill and reboot ntpd to be able to use the new ntp url set in my configuration file. i

Re: [ntp:questions] Handle ntp conf modification when ntp is already running

2014-04-08 Thread Dowd, Greg
do you mean a new association? Like the ntpdc addserver command? -Original Message- From: questions-bounces+greg.dowd=microsemi@lists.ntp.org [mailto:questions-bounces+greg.dowd=microsemi@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of David Lord Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 6:39 AM To:

Re: [ntp:questions] Handle ntp conf modification when ntp is already running

2014-04-08 Thread Paul
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Dowd, Greg greg.d...@microsemi.com wrote: do you mean a new association? Like the ntpdc addserver command? Beyond the limited set of options and unpleasant syntax of addserver isn't ntpdc deprecated? (and disabled by default in recent builds) Perhaps :config

Re: [ntp:questions] Handle ntp conf modification when ntp is already running

2014-04-08 Thread Arthur Lambert
Hi David, I don't get your point. You know that we can live just with fire ? Why do we invent electricity And computer ? This is exactly the same here. I change the channel on my tv, I dont want to reboot it to get the new tv channel It's worked ok but it a very strange choice of

Re: [ntp:questions] Handle ntp conf modification when ntp is already running

2014-04-08 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2014-04-08, Arthur Lambert lambertarthu...@gmail.com wrote: But I can guess with your answer that I cannot handle modification on my ntp conf without restart it. I will try to patch it to get it work with my need. ntpd parses the configuration file at start-up. ntpd does not monitor the

Re: [ntp:questions] Handle ntp conf modification when ntp is already running

2014-04-08 Thread Jochen Bern
On 08.04.2014 20:30, questions-requ...@lists.ntp.org digested: From: Arthur Lambert lambertarthu...@gmail.com Hi David, I don't get your point. You know that we can live just with fire ? Why do we invent electricity And computer ? This is exactly the same here. I change the channel

Re: [ntp:questions] Handle ntp conf modification when ntp is already running

2014-04-08 Thread Jochen Bern
On 08.04.2014 22:28, Jochen Bern wrote: There's no genuine advantage (caches loaded, more statistic ...al data gathered, priorization through higher uptime, ...) for an ntpd in having a higher runtime. (Sorry, badly placed touchpad sent the original mail prematurely.) Regards,

Re: [ntp:questions] Frequency adjustments in a local network

2014-04-08 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-07, Maximilian Brehm maximilian.br...@tu-ilmenau.de wrote: William Unruh schrieb: On 2014-04-04, Maximilian Brehm maximilian.br...@tu-ilmenau.de wrote: Hey again, thanks for the feedback so far. From your messages I realize I should provide you with more information. I would

Re: [ntp:questions] Handle ntp conf modification when ntp is already running

2014-04-08 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-08, Arthur Lambert lambertarthu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am currently using ntpd for my project. My need is to be able to use new ntp url when I put a new url in ntp.conf even if the ntp daemon is already running. Currently, I need to kill and reboot ntpd to be able to use the

Re: [ntp:questions] Reasons of NTP not to use GPS source

2014-04-08 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-08, Steve Kostecke koste...@ntp.org wrote: On 2014-04-08, a.everett@gmail.com a.everett@gmail.com wrote: According to http://doc.ntp.org/4.2.6p5/drivers/driver20.html the NMEA driver uses the last processed sentence received during each cycle. So the simple solution is to

Re: [ntp:questions] Reasons of NTP not to use GPS source

2014-04-08 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-08, David Lord sn...@lordynet.org wrote: If you are lucky the serial port thresholds might be above ttl low and can be used without problem. Have you ever ( in the past 10 years) seen one that could not handle it? On another issue, please stop using google to send your usenet

Re: [ntp:questions] Reasons of NTP not to use GPS source

2014-04-08 Thread William Unruh
On 2014-04-08, a.everett@gmail.com a.everett@gmail.com wrote: Also, as previously mentioned, simply feeding a 3.3V or 5V pps output from a GPS receiver into a RS232 port will not work as the voltage levels are different. You will need a simple TTL logic to RS232 converter such as a

Re: [ntp:questions] Reasons of NTP not to use GPS source

2014-04-08 Thread David Lord
William Unruh wrote: On 2014-04-08, David Lord sn...@lordynet.org wrote: If you are lucky the serial port thresholds might be above ttl low and can be used without problem. Have you ever ( in the past 10 years) seen one that could not handle it? Hi Bill I've never tried but have specs

Re: [ntp:questions] Reasons of NTP not to use GPS source

2014-04-08 Thread E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists
On 4/8/2014 2:57 PM, William Unruh wrote: On 2014-04-08, a.everett@gmail.com wrote: Also, as previously mentioned, simply feeding a 3.3V or 5V pps output from a GPS receiver into a RS232 port will not work as the voltage levels are different. You will need a simple TTL logic to RS232

Re: [ntp:questions] Handle ntp conf modification when ntp is already running

2014-04-08 Thread E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists
On 4/8/2014 2:49 PM, William Unruh wrote: On 2014-04-08, Arthur Lambert wrote: -|-|-|-|-|-| I am currently using ntpd for my project. My need is to be able to use new ntp url when I put a new url in ntp.conf even if the ntp daemon is already