SHM

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Fri, 06 May 2016 17:47:07 -0700
Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:

> gem at rellim.com said:
> > Works for me, the folks worried about socket jitter need
> > convincing. I do not think socket jitter is a problem.   
> 
> Who is worried about socket jitter?

You are, at least for SHM jitter, see below.

> SHM works by polling.  That's horrible delay and there is no way to
> correct for it.

That delay does not matter, all ntpd needs it the time offset and time of
measurement from SHM.  ntpd knows (supposedly) how to correct for the
transit delay.

RGDS
GARY
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