[LinuxPPS] PPS kernel discipline

Thorsten Mühlfelder thenktor at gmx.de
Wed Mar 25 16:44:45 CET 2009


In other words: Even if your timestamp sources disappear, your time won't drift apart if kernel discipline is enabled.

On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:39:44 +0100
Thorsten Mühlfelder <thenktor at gmx.de> wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:29:40 +0100
> Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> > Is that worse than letting a kernel do that?
> 
> "Once the kernel PPS is lit, it will stay lit even if the daemon loses
> the prefered soure or even dies"
> So as long you'll have a connected PPS signal, the time will tick in the right speed according to the PPS.
> 
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