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author | Ollivier Robert <roberto@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-10-29 19:58:12 +0000 |
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committer | Ollivier Robert <roberto@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-10-29 19:58:12 +0000 |
commit | ce265a549db8baf2b7fc2b171e9cc511a6d7552d (patch) | |
tree | daab9e5ccc14bec1f0fee71e35464e6040c6756f /contrib/ntp/html/hints | |
parent | 224ba2bd37e182b64f7d78defef8a6cacaad3415 (diff) | |
download | src-ce265a549db8baf2b7fc2b171e9cc511a6d7552d.tar.gz src-ce265a549db8baf2b7fc2b171e9cc511a6d7552d.zip |
Virgin import of ntpd 4.1.1a
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Notes:
svn path=/vendor/ntp/dist/; revision=106163
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/ntp/html/hints')
-rw-r--r-- | contrib/ntp/html/hints/mpeix | 50 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | contrib/ntp/html/hints/vxworks.html | 6 |
2 files changed, 53 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/ntp/html/hints/mpeix b/contrib/ntp/html/hints/mpeix new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..83c7241e04bb --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/ntp/html/hints/mpeix @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +HP e3000 MPE/iX NTP Hints - May 29, 2001 +---------------------------------------- + +NTP was first ported to MPE several years ago, but those diffs were never +submitted back to the official NTP distribution. For more information about +that deprecated port, please see http://www.bixby.org/mark/xntpix.html. + +NTP was re-ported to MPE in May 2001. What follows are hints learned from +working with NTP 4.0.99k23. For additional information about NTP on MPE, +please see http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/ntp/. + +MPE lacks the clock-related APIs expected by NTP, so adjtime(), gettimeofday(), +and settimeofday() all had to be implemented from scratch by calling +privileged, undocumented internal OS functions. + +Unfortunately the implementation of adjtime() has exposed a sub-second accuracy +bug when slewing the system time. This bug is documented in SR 5003462838, and +exists on all current versions of MPE. It has not been fixed at the time of +this writing. The adjtime() code may possibly need to be altered if/when this +bug is fixed. + +This bug has a side-effect whereby the ntpd daemon will screw up the hardware +PDC clock time by many minutes if used for continuous clock adjustments or in +the one-time -q mode. But note that you can safely run ntpd in order to become +a time server if you include "disable ntp" in the ntp.conf configuration file. + +The one-time clock adjustment functionality of ntpdate and ntp_timeset is not +affected by this bug side-effect. You can safely use these commands to alter +your system time with reasonable accuracy. + +The only reference clock that has been tested on MPE is the local clock. So +building NTP with --disable-all-clocks --enable-LOCAL_CLOCK is strongly +recommended. + +NTP makes use of Privileged Mode (PM) capability in order to bind to the NTP +network port (123) and to access the low-level clock functions. + +NTP was ported using the gcc compiler. Attempting to use the HP C/iX compiler +is not recommended and has not been tested. + +Please note that NTP is not an HP product and is NOT supported by HP. The best +place for asking MPE-specific questions about NTP is the HP3000-L mailing list +at http://raven.utc.edu/Archives/hp3000-l.html or the associated Usenet +newsgroup of comp.sys.hp.mpe. + +The original author of this port is: + +Mark Bixby +HP CSY MPE Internet & Interoperability Engineer +mark_bixby@hp.com diff --git a/contrib/ntp/html/hints/vxworks.html b/contrib/ntp/html/hints/vxworks.html index 4df83c5afd56..49662ff2948d 100644 --- a/contrib/ntp/html/hints/vxworks.html +++ b/contrib/ntp/html/hints/vxworks.html @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ <H1>VxWorks port of NTP </H1> -<P>Please look at the <A HREF="../vxworks.htm">Vxworks file</A> in the html directory.
+<P>Please look at the <A HREF="../vxworks.htm">Vxworks file</A> in the html directory. -<P>Casey Crellin</A> <BR>
-<A HREF="mailto:casey@csc.co.za">casey@csc.co.za</A> </P>
+<P>Casey Crellin</A> <BR> +<A HREF="mailto:casey@csc.co.za">casey@csc.co.za</A> </P> <P><BR> </P> |