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Re: [Ntp] Temperature Compensation for NTP?

Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> Tue, 08 December 2020 10:00 UTC

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Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2020 11:00:15 +0100
From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
To: Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
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Subject: Re: [Ntp] Temperature Compensation for NTP?
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On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 10:35:45AM +0100, Ulrich Windl wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> The avarage computer oscillator is mainly controlled by temperature. Up to now NTP does not have a computational model to consider the temperature nearby the oscillator, while most modern systems have some temperature sensor(s).

I don't see how this is related to NTP. Is the current specification
preventing servers or clients from implementing a software temperature
compensation?

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Miroslav Lichvar

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