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Re: [Ntp] NTPv5 draft suggestion to move timescale offset into extension fields.

Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> Sun, 06 November 2022 15:15 UTC

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Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2022 16:15:16 +0100
From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
To: David Venhoek <david@venhoek.nl>
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Subject: Re: [Ntp] NTPv5 draft suggestion to move timescale offset into extension fields.
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On Sun, Nov 06, 2022 at 02:25:11PM +0000, David Venhoek wrote:
>   0                   1                   2                   3
>   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
>  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> -|LI | VN  |Mode | Scale |Stratum|     Poll      |  Precision    |
> +|LI | VN  |Mode |    Stratum    |     Poll      |  Precision    |
>  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> -|     Flags     |      Era      |        Timescale Offset       |
> +|              Flags            |      Era      |   Timescale   |
>  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>  |                           Root Delay                          |
>  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Just a cosmetic issue. I'd suggest to swap the fields to keep them
ordered by their length.

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Miroslav Lichvar

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