Ntp Servers

[Ismael Duarte]

Why am I receiving so many lines like this one?

Code:

May 10 19:13:39  ntpd[15301]: kernel time sync status change 2001
May 11 01:08:18  ntpd[15301]: kernel time sync status change 6001
May 11 01:25:23  ntpd[15301]: kernel time sync status change 2001
May 11 04:59:13  ntpd[15301]: kernel time sync status change 6001

Addicional info

Code:

FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p7 #1 r249203M: Sat Apr  6 09:28:27 PDT 2013
    root@build.ixsystems.com:/tank/home/jpaetzel/fn8.3/freenas/os-base/amd64/tank/home/jpaetzel/fn8.3/freenas/FreeBSD/src/sys/FREENAS.amd64 amd64
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q8300  @ 2.50GHz (2499.73-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x1067a  Family = 6  Model = 17  Stepping = 10
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0x408e39d<SSE3,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,XSAVE>
  AMD Features=0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
  TSC: P-state invariant
real memory  = 7516192768 (7168 MB)
avail memory = 7220641792 (6886 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <A_M_I_ OEMAPIC >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  2
 cpu3 (AP): APIC ID:  3

Code:

cat /etc/ntp.conf
server 0.pt.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 10 minpoll 6
server 0.europe.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 10 minpoll 6
server 2.europe.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 10 minpoll 6
# ***: this doesn't work as documented
#restrict default ignore
restrict 127.0.0.1
restrict -6 ::1

disable bclient

Code:

ntpdate -u 192.168.1.3
11 May 09:21:19 ntpdate[25073]: adjust time server 192.168.1.3 offset -0.000004 sec

Code:

ntpq -p
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
 ntp04.oal.ul.pt .INIT.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.001
 ntp.univ-poitie .INIT.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.001
 ns1.infomir.com .INIT.          16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000   0.001

 

[cyberjock]

That means your ntpd service is changing between PLL(Phase Locked Loop) and FLL(Frequency Locked Loop) mode. That's completely normal and is only an informational message.

 

[Ismael Duarte]

Thank you!