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Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management
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Eric S. Raymond |
Subject: |
Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management |
Date: |
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:04:53 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) |
Gary E. Miller <address@hidden>:
> > * By default ntpd creates only 4 segments.
>
> By default, ntpd creates and uses no segments.
OK. *Wow* the documentation is misleading on this.
> > * Started as root, gpsd does as ntpd when attaching (creating) the
> > * segments. In contrast to ntpd, which only attaches (creates)
> > * configured segments, gpsd creates all segments. Thus a gpsd will
> > * bve default create two segments 4 and 5 that an ntpd with default
>
> by default create four segments (), 1, 2 and 3) that an ntpd with default
No, NTPSHMSHMSEGS = 2 * MAX_DEVICES. It's going to be 0..7.
In the next round I want to change this so the non-root segments are only
created as needed during device opens.
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- [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management, Eric S. Raymond, 2015/02/17
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management, Gary E. Miller, 2015/02/17
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management, Gary E. Miller, 2015/02/17
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management,
Eric S. Raymond <=
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management, Gary E. Miller, 2015/02/17
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management, Hal Murray, 2015/02/17
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management, Gary E. Miller, 2015/02/17
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management, Hal Murray, 2015/02/17
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management, Harlan Stenn, 2015/02/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management, Hal Murray, 2015/02/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management, Eric S. Raymond, 2015/02/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management, Gary E. Miller, 2015/02/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management, Eric S. Raymond, 2015/02/18
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Updated docs on NTP segment management, Gary E. Miller, 2015/02/18