From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx0.towertech.it (mx0.towertech.it [213.215.222.73]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EB7B667CD1 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 07:26:24 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:26:21 +0100 From: Alessandro Zummo To: Russell King Subject: Re: NTP time sync Message-ID: <20061122212621.433593a2@inspiron> In-Reply-To: <20061122195153.GC22601@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20061122203633.611acaa8@inspiron> <20061122195153.GC22601@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: akpm@osdl.org, Andi Kleen , Linux Kernel Mailing List , ralf@linux-mips.org, David Brownell , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, lethal@linux-sh.org, paulus@samba.org, hackers@lists.ntp.isc.org, davem@davemloft.net, kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp, mills@udel.edu List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:51:53 +0000 Russell King wrote: > > So, if the arch maintainers agree, > > I would suggest to schedule it for removal. > > > > [1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/3/28/358 > > Fine, provided there's also a shell tool that can enquire whether the > kernel is sync'd or not. (Currently the 11-minute update does not > occur when the kernel is desynced from a time source - the RTC itself > might be more accurate in this case.) > > Throwing hwclock commands into crontab such that they do not take > note of the kernel's sync status is probably a very bad move in that > respect. I agree. I would like to coordinate this effort together with the ntp folks so that we can find a viable solution. -- Best regards, Alessandro Zummo, Tower Technologies - Turin, Italy http://www.towertech.it