Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: linux-kernel-digest V1 #4223 | Date | 2 Aug 1999 12:18:37 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.SUN.3.96.990729192319.362G-100000@invisible.eskimo.com> By author: Robert Dinse <nanook@eskimo.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Since there is some variation, it would be good for the software to > include a tweekable fudge-factor so that with experience of whether the clock > looses or gains a small amount each day, the fudge factor can be adjusted to > compensate, so that given a crystal that is off by a constant amount, once > adjusted the clock will keep time. >
RTFM(adjtimex), RTFM(xntpd)
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