Re: Minor whine - NTP log messages

[Havard Eidnes <he%uninett.no@localhost>]

> Has anyone else noticed these log messages in 4.0.1 MacPPC?
>
> Jan  5 19:55:01 mercy-t ntpd[538]: kernel time sync status change 6001
> Jan  5 20:12:04 mercy-t ntpd[538]: kernel time sync status change 2001
> Jan  5 22:45:43 mercy-t ntpd[538]: kernel time sync status change 6001
> Jan  6 00:11:06 mercy-t ntpd[538]: kernel time sync status change 2001

Yes.  And on other platforms.  It basically means that the ntp
synchronization flags change from including "fll" or not in the status
word, as can be viewed with "ntpdc -c kern", ref. <sys/timex.h> and
the STA_* constants.

Whether you see these events are really dependent on the quality of
your local clock, and the quality of your ntp time sources, and the
network in between, if I understand correctly.  Personally I've never
seen any of my systems consistently and stably sync up with "fll"
(frequency locked loop) set.

Regards,

- Håvard