Re: Problems with linuxppc_2_4_devel

On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Tom Rini wrote:

On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 12:39:58PM +0100, Gabriel Paubert wrote:

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On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Tom Rini wrote:

quoted

On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 01:02:03PM -0800, Larry McVoy wrote:

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a) try and connect to a well known time server and see if the time is too
   far off at commit time.  May or may not work.

This would require some external program tho, wouldn't it?

It's called ntpq, and I believe most people should have it installed

[snip]

Should doesn't mean they will tho. :)  And the first time you assume
everyone has something, 5 people pop up screaming 'cuz they don't.

No, but as I said, the protocol is trivial if you want a very approximate
time (use NTP v3 since all V4 servers I know support it). The problem is
finding the closest server, not sending an UDP packet and decoding the
answer and giving up if you don't receive anything after 5 packets or so.
I'm almost certain there is database of servers somewhere, but I just
don't remember where (between 2 cesium clocks, one hydrogen maser, 2 GPS
and one radio receiver I have enough references for my use at the
telescope ;-)). I also don't know whether some people could be blocked
from using NTP, but I don't think that it is a satisfactory solution in
any case.

	Regards,
	Gabriel.


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