In article <200311171309.OAA0000003481@zel459.zel.kfa-juelich.de>
M.Drochner@fz-juelich.de wrote:

> With the WORDS_BIGENDIAN fix? (If yes, was the problem on
> client's or server's side?)

No, I have not tried it.

> > frequency:            -496.981 ppm
> 
> Is this in-tree ntpd or 4.2.0?

Yes.

> 4.2.0 does some strange jumps after a (re)start and takes some
> hours to stabilize.

My U5 seems to stabilize with a certain frequency error (-480~500ppm). 

BTW, I've heard it will take much time to stabilize if
the initial frequency value recorded in /var/db/ntp.drift
is too much different from the real frequency error.
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Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp