[ntpsec commit] Alas, the tos option description cannot be factored out...
Eric S. Raymond
esr at ntpsec.org
Mon Oct 12 15:44:22 UTC 2015
Module: ntpsec
Branch: master
Commit: 843751c7d08186b30022b8448d3bcdb49af83a7e
Changeset: http://git.ntpsec.org/ntpsec/commit/?id=843751c7d08186b30022b8448d3bcdb49af83a7e
Author: Eric S. Raymond <esr at thyrsus.com>
Date: Mon Oct 12 11:43:11 2015 -0400
Alas, the tos option description cannot be factored out...
...leave notes explaining why.
---
docs/miscopt.txt | 4 ++++
ntpd/ntp.conf.txt | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/miscopt.txt b/docs/miscopt.txt
index 5d25881..0e99c19 100644
--- a/docs/miscopt.txt
+++ b/docs/miscopt.txt
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ and so on is suppressed.
`filenum` 'Nfiledescriptors';;
Specifies the maximum number of file descriptors {ntpd} may have open
at the same time. Defaults to system default.
+
+// A subset of the tos options is described on the ntp.conf manual page.
+// If you change this, be very sure to keep that syncronized.
+
`tos` [`beacon` 'beacon' | `ceiling` 'ceiling' | `cohort` {`0` | `1`} | `floor` 'floor' | `maxclock` 'maxclock' | `maxdist` 'maxdist' | `minclock` 'minclock' | `mindist` 'mindist' | `minsane` 'minsane' | `orphan` 'stratum' | `orphanwait` 'delay']::
This command alters certain system variables used by the the clock
selection and clustering algorithms. The default values of these
diff --git a/ntpd/ntp.conf.txt b/ntpd/ntp.conf.txt
index 5de85df..370acbc 100644
--- a/ntpd/ntp.conf.txt
+++ b/ntpd/ntp.conf.txt
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ in `/usr/share/doc/{ntp}`).
=== Manycast Options ===
+// This is a subset of the tos options applicable to manycast.
+// It omits the more general tinkering options. If you change this,
+// be very sure to keep docs/miscopt.txt synchronized.
+
`tos` [`ceiling` _ceiling_ | `cohort` \{ `0` | `1` } | `floor` _floor_ | `minclock` _minclock_ | `minsane` _minsane_]::
This command affects the clock selection and clustering algorithms. It
can be used to select the quality and quantity of peers used to
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