In article <200510242052.56532.th.lacoste@wanadoo.fr>,
Thierry Lacoste  <th.lacoste@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>> >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 :-)
>
>I'm currently testing it at home with the same configuration:
>2.0 on Sparc Ultra1 with the default ntp.conf
>AFAICS ntpd works fine with no frequency errors.

The older ntpd shipping with 2.0 works better than the one in 3.0.
But there are still problems related to MP machines.

christos