Re: Embedded systems and systemd

[Roger Lynn <Roger@rilynn.me.uk>]

On 29/11/14 13:30, Vincent Bernat wrote:
>  ❦ 29 novembre 2014 12:41 GMT, Alastair McKinstry <alastair.mckinstry@sceal.ie> :
>> One concern I'd have is the lack of flexibility to produce a cut-down
>> system.  The option of "a dedicated init=/custom-program", but lack of
>> an ntpd, for example, because ntp has been absorbed into systemd's
>> orbit and other ntpd's bitrotted.
> 
> Unlikely to happen since systemd-timesyncd is not a full NTP daemon. It
> lacks ability to act as a server.

And it doesn't appear to regulate the system clock frequency, which
basically makes it an inaccurate dumb SNTP client which steps the clock when
it synchronises.

Roger