Kernel PLL, from IRC

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:38:58 -0700
Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:

> gem at rellim.com said:
> >>  New samples arrive every second.  
> > No.  Twice a second.  But now you are confusing the PPS with the
> > PLL.   
> 
> PPS is pulse per second.  There is only 1 pulse each second.  Where
> is the other data coming from?

Two edges per pulse, one pulse per second.  And if the system clock is 
running a bit slow it will miss many PPS.  chronyd slews the clock
up to 8.5, so you thn miss a lot of pulses.

> Are you thinking of the other edge?  ntpd disables collecting data on
> the unused edge.

I hope not.  gpsd sure uses the information from both edges, if it
can get it.  But the bigger problem is the missed PPS.

> > And a LOT more jitter.  
> 
> I think you have jumped from my theoretical description of 2 options
> to an experiment with real data.  What change did you make?

Already discussed at great length on gpsd, and easily demonstrated with
ntpshmmon.  When you start missing edges your time quality degrades.

RGDS
GARY
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