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Has anybody tried to run an NTP server on a virtual machine using XEN? AFAIK, the NTP server is dependent on a reasonably accurate interrupt clock. I have a DCF77 receiver connected to the serial port that sends time information, which is read by an NTP server which all other machines in the network synchronize to. I am considering putting XEN onto the machine trunning the NTP server but would like to hear about experiences cone=cerning performance and accu...

Hi, I'm having issues connecting Garmin GPS 18 to COM1 on 9.1, I get nothing but silence. Identical setup works absolutely fine with Linux. I've got PPS wire connected to DCD, but that seems to make no difference on Linux, so I presume it shouldn't affect fbsd either. On Linux, I get: $ uname -a Linux ubuntu 3.8.0-19-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 17 18:16:28 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64

One of our STEM interns recently observed that there are inexpensive clocks that sync via radio to standard time services.? This begged a question about why every computer would not have a radio module to receive time.? Our senior staff did not have a good answer or if time from such a radio module would be supported by the operating system. When I was a student, such questions would have earned