i386/115054: NTP errors out on startup but restart of NTP fixes problem

[Bruce Evans]

The following reply was made to PR i386/115054; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce Evans <brde at optusnet.com.au>
To: Chauncey Menefee <cmenefee at prism-grp.com>
Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des at des.no>,
        Bruce Evans <brde at optusnet.com.au>, freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org,
        freebsd-i386 at freebsd.org
Subject: RE: i386/115054: NTP errors out on startup but restart of NTP fixes
 problem
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 14:20:08 +1000 (EST)

 On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Chauncey Menefee wrote:
 
 > Hardcoding the the speed into the server did not work.
 >
 > how and where do we put the delay in?
 > Will the delay work for freebsd 6.2 as in freebsd 5.2?
 
 Probably in netif.
 
 I haven't found a method that works well on all OS versions and
 all configurations, and went back to using a simple ping.
 
 Bruce