Re: [chrony-dev] chronyc linear fit data point dump

[Håkan Johansson <f96hajo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Bill Unruh wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Håkan Johansson wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I could not find a command in chronyc to dump all the currently active data
> > points used in the linear fit for a source.  This list together with the
> > residuals would be nice to see what chronyd is up to.  For monitoring, I'm
> > using (and quite happy with):
>
> Not sure what you would want. Of course to some extent the offsets measured
> and reported in measurement.log are used to determine that linear fit. But in
> addition, those offsets are continually corrected for the changes in offset
> and rate that chrony impliments, so the linear regression in on values which
> can differ significantly from the measured offsets. What do you mean by "what
> chrony is up to"? How would these values help you in any sense?

The idea would be to see this process of the raw data being continuously 
adjusted in real-time.  As sort of an educational tool.