Re: AMD Quad Core clock problem?

[Marc Perkel]

--- Chris Snook <csnook@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Marc Perkel wrote:
> > My best guess at this time is that the drift of
> this
> > computer using the quad core is so great that the
> ntpd
> > can't get in sync. Is there any way to make ntpd
> more
> > agressive by setting something in ntp.conf?
> 
> ntp can correct for 500 ppm drift, which equates to
> 1.8 seconds per hour. 
> Beyond that you need to run ntpdate or ntpd -gq from
> cron to correct it.
> 
> -- Chris
> 

OK - but do I have bad hardware or is there a problem
with the kernel?



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