[OLPC-devel] Re: [One Laptop Per Child] #14: Time synchronization

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#14: Time synchronization
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 Reporter:  jg      |        Owner:           
     Type:  task    |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal  |    Milestone:  rev1 beta
Component:  distro  |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:          |  
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Comment (by ksankar):

 IMHO, the best way to achieve tight time synchronization, is to implement
 the IEEE 1588 algorithm for distributed precision time sync. It takes care
 of latency et al, would be interesting to see how it behaves over a multi-
 hop mesh.

 I remember seeing somewhere that for NTP, there is a top level server name
 which when configured will do the distributed lookup. (WIll update this
 when I get more information)

 NTP would require internet connectivity, which we might not be able to
 assume all the time (? or can we)

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