On Saturday 27 October 2007, Jan Hoevers wrote: > Chuck wrote on 27-10-2007 22:14: > > only problem is the gps server is the only one where freebsd could even be an > > option. the other time servers do other things and are entrenched in specific > > linux configurations and packages. the time servers were added last on these. > > they are the strat2. the gps can be freebsd if it has to be but then i have > > to hassle talking one of the techs who only knows how to install windows > > through installing freebsd on this machine over the phone and then i can take > > over after the generic install since i am 1000 miles from the servers, and > > unlike gentoo, i do not find an easy path to remote install from the first > > prompt of the cd.. but i suppose that would be worth it. then ill have to > > build that splitter box for the boss before i do this so his sat positioning > > charts won't get interrupted :) > > Installing freebsd is not more difficult than installing linux. Besides > that, linux has nano capabilities too. The choice is a matter of taste, > not of precision. > > The point I wanted to make is that synching over the internet is pushing > the millisecond, and the traditional kernels have only 1 ms granularity. > > Synching a traditional kernel from gps doesn't seem very useful, > microsecond accuracy simply gets lost in that 1 ms granularity. >
yeah... but for the strat2 servers i have no choice. they must remain as they are with linux/gpsd. the only thing i can do for them which i have not even attempted is to fine tune them by carefully selecting some good servers. the initial 12 i chose for use in all servers were randomly selected by the number of hops i had to get to them in a traceroute. > Jan > _______________________________________________ > timekeepers mailing list > [email protected] > https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers > -- Chuck "...and the hordes of M$*ft users descended upon me in their anger, and asked 'Why do you not get the viruses or the BlueScreensOfDeath or insecure system troubles and slowness or pay through the nose for an OS as *we* do?!!', and I answered...'I use Linux'. " The Book of John, chapter 1, page 1, and end of book _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
