[rescue] Linux wet paint, was Re: Spark10 CPU question (must fix - SPARC damnit :-) )

[John Hudak]

"At some point, I really want to try lighting up a fuzzball."

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On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Carl R. Friend <crfriend at rcn.com> wrote:

> On 12/23/2016 03:15 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
>
>> On 12/23/2016 12:43 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>   I run ntpd on my Suns. (obOnTopic)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I run full ntpd on everything non-trivial that I run, and I provide a
>>> stratum-0 timesource.
>>>
>>
>>   Same here, and same here. (and I assume you mean stratum-1)
>>
>
>    Doesn't everybody who actually cares?
>
>    In any event, primary time-sources (like radio-clocks and GPS
> receivers) get declared at stratum-0 and the resulting server that's
> connected to them becomes a stratum-1.
>
>    I've run a stratum-1 server continuously at home since 2002 save
> for the disruption in 2015 when a long-term relationship went to Hell
> and I had to move under less than optimal conditions.  NTP is fun;
> the key is to have a mix of sources and do peering as much as possible
> for your local sources.
>
>    At some point, I really want to try lighting up a fuzzball.
>
>    Cheers.
>
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