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- Subject: Re: [chrony-users] Sign of "offset" to compensate constant error
- From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 16:51:20 +0200
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On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:32:54AM -0400, Francois Tremblay wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is the sign of the "offset" subfield associated with a "refclock" ?
>
> For example, if the PPS signal is late by X usec/nsec into the system,
> does "offset" must set to X or -X to remove the delay created by the
> hardware?
That should be positive. The way I remember it is that a positive
offset moves the local clock ahead.
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Miroslav Lichvar
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