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Re: NTP dumps Linux, film at 11. [Fwd/FYI]
- To: zack@rabi.columbia.edu (Zack Weinberg)
- Subject: Re: NTP dumps Linux, film at 11. [Fwd/FYI]
- From: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 21:25:51 -3200 (PST)
- Cc: libc-hacker@cygnus.com, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu (linux kernel)
>
> On 1 Dec 1998 00:07:53 +0100, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> > "H. J. Lu" <hjl@freya.yggdrasil.com> writes:
> >>
> >> glibc 2. But I don't think it will work for libc 5. Please make
> >> sure you are running a glibc 2 based system. If you still have
> >> problems, please send me a note at hjl@lucon.org. BTW, where can I
> >> find ntp 4.0?
> >>
> >I compiled NTP 4.0.90a last week under glibc 2.1.103 or so, it works.
> >
> >The canonical NTP home is at ftp://ftp.udel.edu/pub/ntp/.
> >The latest 4.0 is in the testing subdirectory.
>
> They are complaining about the kernel interfaces (linux/timex.h,
> presumably) changing too fast. Our sys/timex.h just includes
> linux/timex.h, so our exported interface will not be consistent
> either.
If the kernel change is incompatible, a new system call should be
used. However, I haven't seen any problems with adjtimx myself.
H.J.