Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 15 Apr 1997 23:54:12 -0400 | | From | "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <> | | Subject | Re: The adjtime() system call |
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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 19:22:19 +0100 From: "Andrew M. Bishop" <amb@gedanken.demon.co.uk>
I have used the adjtime() system call to correct the date/time of my Linux system and I notice that the time is only changed very slowly. Over a one hour period, the time changes only by about 2 seconds relative to a fixed reference.
The questions I have are why is the amount of change allowed so small? And what breaks if I change my kernel to make tickadj 100000/HZ and hence a 1% drift rate? The adjtime system call has been carefully tuned to handle continues adjustment for use with a running ntpd. It wasn't really intended (at least not as currently coded) for what you were trying to do.
- Ted
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