Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 26 May 2010 14:06:26 -0700 | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Export tsc related information in sysfs |
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On 05/26/2010 01:19 PM, john stultz wrote: >> >> Yes, Prof. Mills in particular (for those who don't know, he's "Mr. >> NTP") really gets upset about the way Linux does timekeeping. >> Unfortunately it's not clear to me that he's willing to work with us as >> opposed to wanting things to work exactly like BSD, and swive the >> non-NTP users. > > Although I suspect his dislike for Linux is historical, as Roman > reworked the ntp code to follow the NTPv4 reference implementation back > in the 2.6.19 timeframe. > > However I'd be more then happy to try to address any specific > deficiencies with Linux's NTP implementation if someone can better > express Prof Mills' critiques are. >
That's the $10M question... I think it starts with asking the NTP community for advice.
-hpa
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