Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:23:55 +0100 | From | Alessandro Zummo <> | Subject | Re: NTP time sync |
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On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:55:23 -0800 David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > > > So, if the arch maintainers agree, > > I would suggest to schedule it for removal. > > > > [1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/3/28/358 > > Suggested time of removal: one year after two relevant software > package releases get updated: > > - NTPD, to call hwclock specifying the relevant RTC;
This might introduce delays. ntpd might open the device and update the time itself.
> - util-linux, updating hwclock to know about /dev/rtcN; > - busybox, with its own hwclock implementation. > > The util-linux hwclock update is already in the queue, I'm told.
I suspect nobody would change NTPD if we don't schedule that feature for removal :)
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Best regards,
Alessandro Zummo, Tower Technologies - Turin, Italy
http://www.towertech.it
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