ntpq, refclocks

Hal Murray halmurray at sonic.net
Wed Jun 30 02:39:22 UTC 2021


>> I was assuming each refclock would be a separate program.  It
>> wouldn't need a config file, just some command line stuff.

> That's a big jump.  Backward config compatibility would go out the window. 

I'm not sure about that.  ntpd could start the program using info from the 
server and fudge lines.

Maybe ntpd should turn into a mega program that parses the config file and 
runs a bunch of other programs and/or threads.


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