Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.17-mm2 hrtimer code wedges at boot? | From | john stultz <> | Date | Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:59:43 -0700 |
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On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 18:56 -0700, Daniel Walker wrote: > On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 03:13 +0200, Roman Zippel wrote: > I was reviewing these new ntp adjustment functions, and it seems like it > would be a lot easier to just switch to a better clocksource. These new > functions seems to compensate for a clock that has a high rating but is > actually quite poor..
Not quite. The issue is that the adjustment that the ntpd makes is quite fine grained, and some clocksources while quite stable, might not be able to make such a fine adjustment. So the extra error accounting just allows us to keep track and compensate for the resolution differences.
Does that make sense?
thanks -john
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