Re: [gpsd-dev] Clarifications needed for the time-service HOWTO

[Harlan Stenn]

Andy Walls writes:
> Last I checked 'iburst' just sends an initial burst of packets to a server to
>  'prime the pump' for ntpd and get it started tracking that server sooner.

Yes, and that is BCP.  So *not* using it it promotes confusion.

> Is the '<location>' the magic?

Yes, and it can easily also be 'pool 0.pool.ntp.org' for certain
efficient and otherwise sucky applications.

H