[oclug]Time for Linux -- hwclock, ntpd, etc.

[Joe Burpee]

On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 04:15:50PM -0500, Arcana wrote:
> First... can anyone explain what the differences are, in terms of accurate 
> timekeeping, between software and hardware?

If you're talking about a PC, I believe the conservative assumption is
that the hardware is crap.

Have you read the HOWTO?
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/TimePrecision-HOWTO/index.html

Also /usr/share/doc/ntp-*/

Joe

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