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@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ between measurements from the reference.
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The reference time can be derived from Network Time Protocol (NTP)
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servers, reference clocks, or wristwatch-and-keyboard (via chronyc).
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The main source of information about the Network Time Protocol is
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http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp.
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http://www.ntp.org.
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It is designed so that it can work on computers which only have
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intermittent access to reference sources, for example computers which
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use a dial-up account to access the Internet. Of course, it will work
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on computers with permanent connections too.
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use a dial-up account to access the Internet or laptops. Of course, it
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will work well on computers with permanent connections too.
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In addition, on Linux it can monitor the system's real time clock
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performance, so the system can maintain accurate time even across
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@@ -48,10 +48,7 @@ What will chrony run on?
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Chrony can be successfully built and run on
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1. Linux v1.2.13, v2.0.x, 2.1.x (partially), 2.2.x, 2.3.x, 2.4.x, 2.6.x.
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Real time clock support is limited to 2.0.32 onwards and to 2.2, 2.3,
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2.4 and 2.6 series only. i386, x86_64, PowerPC are known to be
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supported.
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1. Linux 2.2.x, 2.3.x, 2.4.x, 2.6.x, 3.x
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2. Solaris 2.5/2.5.1/2.6/2.7/2.8 (various platforms)
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@@ -88,12 +85,6 @@ through the URL
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http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/
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What can chrony not do?
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=======================
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Compared to the `reference' RFC1305 implementation xntpd, chronyd does
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not support broadcast modes.
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Where are new versions announced?
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=================================
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@@ -252,5 +243,3 @@ Doug Woodward <dougw@whistler.com>
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Many other people have contributed bug reports and suggestions. I'm
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sorry I can't identify all of you individually.
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vim:tw=72
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