Re: Chrony and systemd-timesyncd

Jan Claußen <jan.claussen10-S0/[email protected]> Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:23:53 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.time.chrony.user
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> systemd-timesyncd implements SNTP, it periodically updates system
> time. chronyd will perceive it as erratic time jumps which will
> probably result in rather bad quality for external clients.

What do you mean by bad quality? I know chrony is supposed to be more correct, but I think the SNTP quality would be enough for my needs. As long as there are no major issues, this would be fine for me.
> I am not sure what you call a "hardware clock" here. For me RTC *is*
> hardware clock.
From my understanding the hardware clock is the RTC as opposed to the system clock which is manged by the kernel in software.

> My understanding is that chronyd will simply get whatever system time there is.
This is why I am asking whether it is the hardware clock or system clock. Would be nice if this could be specified the config. It is probably possible

On Juli 12 2024, at 2:06 pm, MUZZULINI Frank <[email protected]> wrote: