[time-nuts] Opinions on OpenNTPD

Chris Albertson albertson.chris at gmail.com
Mon Jun 30 19:47:23 UTC 2014


I think OpenNTPD goes not try to be a stratum 1 server.  It is not
something you would connect a hardware reference clock to.  Look at
the man page for the .conf file.

On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Matthew Martin <dr.grid at gmail.com> 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?
>
> Thanks to the group for your help.
>    Matt
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Chris Albertson
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