Rob Weir <rweir@softhome.net> [2002-12-25 04:20:20 +1100]:
> > > Chrony is designed to work with intermittent connections.
ntpd works well with intermittent connections too.
> No idea...chrony is a lot smarter than ntpdate though; it gradually
> moves your clock back and forth so that running apps don't get confused,
ntpd also avoids jumping the clock. To use the same words, ntpd
gradually moves your clock back and forth so that running apps don't
get confused.
*However*, here is the relevant information on ntpd stepping the
clock. I will define for this purpose that stepping and jumping are
not the same thing in this description.
-x Ordinarily, if the time is to be adjusted more than
128 ms, it is stepped, not gradually slewed. This
option forces the time to be slewed in all cases.
Note: Since the slew rate is limited to 0.5 ms/s,
each second of adjustment requires an amortization
interval of 2000 s. Thus an adjustment of many
seconds can take hours or days to amortize.
Bob
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