2009/1/2 Joe Gwinn <[email protected]>: > Platforms vary because NTP is at the mercy of the kernel developers. > From the standpoint of the average user, there is a transient error. > Not that many average users will notice, so long as nothing crashes > or hangs. > > In systems where the transient error and possibility of a crash or > hang cannot be tolerated, one common dodge is to lie to NTP by > configuring the GPS receiver and NTP timeserver to emit GPS System > Time, and live with the fact that the local computer clocks are ~14+ > seconds off of UTC. Purpose-built user displays are programmed to > compute and use the correct time.
Examples please. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD & JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
