Bug 1117704 – SHM refclock doesn't support nanosecond resolution

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Bug 1117704 - SHM refclock doesn't support nanosecond resolution

Summary:	SHM refclock doesn't support nanosecond resolution

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	ntp (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.6
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	unspecified Severity unspecified
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Miroslav Lichvar
QA Contact:	Jakub Prokes
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Depends On:	1117702
Blocks:	1159824 1159926 1085584 1095797
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Reported:	2014-07-09 04:43 EDT by Miroslav Lichvar
Modified:	2015-07-22 02:59 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	ntp-4.2.6p5-3.el6
Doc Type:	Enhancement
Doc Text:	Support for nanosecond resolution has been added to the SHM reference clock. Prior to this update, when a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) hardware clock was used as a time source to synchronize the system clock (for example, with the timemaster service from the linuxptp package), the accuracy of the synchronization was limited due to the microsecond resolution of the SHM protocol. The nanosecond extension in the SHM protocol now enables sub-microsecond synchronization of the system clock.
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Clone Of:	1117702
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Last Closed:	2015-07-22 02:59:53 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Network Time Protocol	1232	None	None	None	Never
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:1459	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: ntp security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2015-07-21 10:15:04 EDT

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Description Miroslav Lichvar 2014-07-09 04:43:21 EDT

Description of problem:
The SHM refclock in ntpd is limited to microsecond resolution. In 4.2.7 development a nanosecond extension was added to the protocol. This can be useful to improve accuracy of the synchronization with PTP clocks and phc2sys from linuxptp.

https://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1232

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
4.2.6p5-1

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2015-07-22 02:59:53 EDT

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1459.html

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