linux-kernel - Re: Linux time code

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Date:	Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:14:22 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
cc:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Ulrich Windl <ulrich.windl@...uni-regensburg.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh@...all.nl>
Subject: Re: Linux time code

Hi,

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, john stultz wrote:

> > Hm, I guess that's ok for most of the timestamp applications I'm aware of 
> > as long as NTP won't cause the clock to stand still...
> 
> Nope. Its limited to a +/-500ppm adjustment max.

This is only frequency adjustment, time adjustment is added as well which 
can be much larger than this.

bye, Roman
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