Subject: Re: xntpd
To: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/23/1998 13:08:16
Henry B. Hotz wrote:
> 
> At 5:13 PM -0800 1/22/98, Amitai Schlair wrote:
> >I read that 1.3 integrates NTP into the system. I'd like to run xntpd,
> >but I just can't find tickadj anywhere on my machine. How much of the
> >NTP package is included?
> 
> Tickadj is used to tweak kernel parameters to improve ntp operation.  Since
> there is already ntp support built into the kernel I expect it's not
> needed, hence not provided.
> 
> I haven't tried to do anything with it yet, but I suspect that if you turn
> it on in the rc.conf file and create an appropriate /etc/ntp.conf file that
> it should work.  I will say that without a ntp.conf file that it doesn't
> even seem to see ntp broadcasts.

If anyone gets this working and can come up with a decent rewrite of the
Q&A in the FAQ on this one, I'd appreciate a submission.

Thanks!

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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