What does --disable-kernel-PLL do?

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 23:29:23 -0800
Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:

> >> There is a tangle in this area that I don't understand.  When ntpd
> >> exits (or crashes), it leaves the previous state in the kernel so
> >> anybody running  ntptime will think things are fine.  
> 
> > What previous state?  
> 
> The state in the kernel when ntpd last called ntp_adjtime.  The
> kernel doesn't know that ntpd is steering time so it can't tell that
> a stopped/crashed ntpd won't make another call in the future.

Seems like a kernel bug to me.

RGDS
GARY
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