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- From: larson@loren.net.com (Alan Larson)
- Subject: CLOCK.ADJ
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.215057.12347@unet.net.com>
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- Organization: Network Equipment Technologies
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:50:57 GMT
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- The loop filter parameters in xntp3 (include/ntp.h) say:
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- * Loop filter parameters. See section 5.1 of the specification.
- * Note that these are appropriate for a crystal time base. If your
- * system clock is line frequency controlled you should read the
- * specification for appropriate modifications.
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- #define CLOCK_ADJ 0 /* adjustment interval: 2**0 = 1 */
-
- When I looked in section 5.1 and table 6 (page 40 of RFC1305),
- it said that the appropriate value or CLOCK.ADJ was 4 seconds for
- a crystal, and 1 second for the mains.
-
-
- Which is right? There seems to be no way to determine which is
- correct, since the section 5.1 (Fuzzbnall Implementation) has no
- discussion of why this particular interval was selected.
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- Interestingly, there is also no mention of a clock adjustment being
- actually done at a time relative to the CLOCK.ADJ counter. What is
- the real purpose of this variable?
-
- Alan
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