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Re: [gpsd-dev] Disturbing numbers
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Eric S. Raymond |
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Re: [gpsd-dev] Disturbing numbers |
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Sun, 3 Nov 2013 20:58:01 -0500 |
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Greg Troxel <address@hidden>:
> What I'd expect is that because the frequency error estimate that NTP
> uses ("drift") isn't right when you first start NTP, there will be a
> phase error that persists while the frequency is estimated. So if your
> clock is a litle slow, then it will keep getting behind, and the
> positive offset will cause NTP to adjust the phase forward and also
> increase the frequency offset error. After a day or so or maybe less
> the frequency estimate will be very close and there won't be a
> persistent offset. This is all normal.
A lightly edited version of this is going into the howto.
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