[time-nuts] Opinions on OpenNTPD
Brian Inglis
Brian.Inglis at SystematicSw.ab.ca
Tue Jul 1 01:25:24 UTC 2014
On 2014-06-27 00:14, Matthew Martin wrote:
> Greetings to the group! I just obtained a Rev C Beagleboard Black this
> week, and the standard distribution does not include ntpd. When I check
> for available ntpd related packages using the "aptitude" command, it offers
> OpenBSD's openntpd as the one available ntpd package.
>
> A little bit of research on the OpenNTPD project suggests to me that it is
> a lightweight ntpd implementation. They even suggest that if you are
> looking for the ultimate accuracy you may not want to use OpenNTPD.
>
> Has anyone here actually used OpenNTPD, and perhaps made a comparison with
> a more standard ntpd package? I get the feeling that I would be better off
> with a standard ntpd. Does OpenNTPD even support PPS or the variety of
> clock source drivers that standard ntpd supports?
Reply by Harlan Stenn to a message on NTP list:
<E1W2tov-0002QS-1G at stenn.ntp.org>
"last I checked openntpd was actually an SNTP implementation, not an NTP
implementation.
H"
and I saw some comments talking about adding support for leap seconds,
so I wouldn't expect it to support any of the algorithms, only the protocol.
--
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis
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