Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi> wrote:
}Ever since I got a few Lucent Orinoco wlan cards I have noticed my machines
}having problems keeping time.  I have at least 11 machines running NetBSD,
}three of which have Orinoco cards.  The three with Orinocos can't keep
}their clocks synced to my time server, the other eight machines are having
}no problems at all.
}
}On the machines with Orinoco, I'm getting this in syslog:
}
}Feb 16 22:04:03 lintu ntpd[1818]: time reset 5.195761 s
}Feb 16 22:24:28 lintu ntpd[1818]: time reset 4.644074 s
}Feb 16 22:44:55 lintu ntpd[1818]: time reset 4.098320 s
}Feb 16 23:05:33 lintu ntpd[1818]: time reset 5.314190 s
}Feb 16 23:26:12 lintu ntpd[1818]: time reset 4.562015 s
}Feb 16 23:47:49 lintu ntpd[1818]: time reset 4.644067 s
}
}and
}
}Feb 16 21:08:50 pulla ntpd[200]: time reset 13.217707 s
}Feb 16 21:33:56 pulla ntpd[200]: time reset 15.851273 s
}Feb 16 21:57:43 pulla ntpd[200]: time reset 15.032272 s
}Feb 16 22:20:30 pulla ntpd[200]: time reset 14.816318 s
}Feb 16 22:44:23 pulla ntpd[200]: time reset 15.178172 s
}Feb 16 23:05:03 pulla ntpd[200]: time reset 13.908488 s
}Feb 16 23:30:00 pulla ntpd[200]: time reset 15.441712 s
}Feb 16 23:51:54 pulla ntpd[200]: time reset 14.515765 s
}
}It doesn't seem to matter whether the machine is idle or not.
}
}The problem has been there for several months, at least, and it's still
}there with the 15ZA kernel built from sources one week old.
}
}I can't easily test these machines without the Orinoco, but it's the
}only thing they have in common.  One is a 150 MHz laptop, one a 166 MHz
}router, and the third a 700 MHz Thunderbird (with 256 MB RAM).

Me too.

Feb 16 13:17:43 toybox ntpd[212]: time reset 8.551663 s
Feb 16 13:38:09 toybox ntpd[212]: time reset 8.124805 s
Feb 16 13:58:44 toybox ntpd[212]: time reset 8.194602 s
Feb 16 14:19:18 toybox ntpd[212]: time reset 8.392220 s
Feb 16 14:39:51 toybox ntpd[212]: time reset 8.833901 s
Feb 16 15:00:33 toybox ntpd[212]: time reset 8.211951 s
Feb 16 15:21:18 toybox ntpd[212]: time reset 8.549671 s
Feb 16 15:41:52 toybox ntpd[212]: time reset 8.184385 s
Feb 16 16:02:26 toybox ntpd[212]: time reset 8.738389 s

1.5ZA, built from sources a couple days ago, PIII 600 laptop.

Tracy J. Di Marco White
Project Vincent Systems Manager
gendalia@iastate.edu