In article <200510241935.15125.th.lacoste@wanadoo.fr>,
Thierry Lacoste  <th.lacoste@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>> > I'm trying to set up a NTP server on a sparc64 under 2.0.
>[...]
>> Ntpd is a complex beast which aims to keep track of time very
>> accurately.  That means it takes time to make sure it is properly
>> synchronised with the remote servers, and to guess the flaws (i.e.,
>> mostly the drift) of the internal clock.
>>
>> And yes, that might take up as long as 10 minutes.
>Thanks Quentin.
>
>I also noticed that I have regular kernel messages concerning ntpd:
>frequency error 512 PPM exceeds tolerance 500 PPM
>
>Does it indicate a hardware problem?

No, but our current timekeeping code has issues. There are multiple PR's
about this. We are working on this... Keep tuned to tech-kern :-)

christos