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List:       timekeepers
Subject:    Re: [Pool] question on linux resolution
From:       Hal Murray <murray () ntp ! org>
Date:       2010-08-30 19:13:16
Message-ID: 20100830191316.8E35E80003B () ip-64-139-1-69 ! sjc ! megapath ! net
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> i just noticed this in ntptime. does this mean that the linux kernel is now
> running in  nanosecond resolution, and that it would be acceptable to run on
> a stratum1 server instead  of freebsd? this is from a stratum2 server. when
> we started with the pool our stratum1  servers needed to be freebsd to use
> the nano kernel options.

Linux has been using nanosecond resolution for a long time.

The main problem with using Linux as a stratum1 server was that the kernel 
didn't have PPS support.  That was fixed a while ago.  I'm not sure when, but 
it's in 2.6.34.



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