Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS and privilege-dropping

[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray <address@hidden>:
> I haven't figured out how much of this new HOWTO will be about ntpd as 
> compared to gpsd. 

As much as needs to be.  If we can avoid adding volume by pointing at
references that are clear and concise, we'll do that.

> It will be a lot of work to explain all of ntpd.

Notice how adroitly I dodged explaining the reconciliation algorithms?
I see no need to get deeply into ntpd's internals.

On the other hand, we *must* explain fudge factors, and how and why
one sets them. This is something which AFAICT the existing documentation
does extremely badly, if at all.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>