From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] synchronization of time, setting time
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:41:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cfec672c163a4af9d0e91c7f002bbc8e@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a560a5d00906260453m5c198ee8ofa0b157a1339185@mail.gmail.com>
> 1) If I want to set the hardware (on-board) clock by hand, how can I?
date -n>/dev/rtc
> 2) If I want to synchronize the hardware time with a ntp server (once
> / periodically), how can I?
modify timesync.
> 3) If I run the 'timesync -n [ntp server]' command, how is the
> frequency of synchronization determined?
by the error in the measurement. here's the output from my
log. looks like its running about once a minute.
chula Jun 26 09:34:30 δ -1049724 avgδ 652049 hz 2660094075
chula Jun 26 09:35:30 δ -1233447 avgδ 942747 hz 2660093874
i can think of two reasons for bad measurements — specifying
an accuracy that is not attainable or running on a machine
with an unsyncronized tsc. for example, certain pentium iv.
- erik
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2009-06-26 11:53 Rudolf Sykora
2009-06-26 13:41 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
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