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29.Dd April 1, 2003
30.Dt NTP_ADJTIME 2
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm ntp_adjtime
34.Nd NTP daemon application interface
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libc
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In sys/types.h
39.In sys/timex.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn ntp_adjtime "struct timex *tp"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn ntp_adjtime
45system call is used as a kernel interface
46for the Network Time Protocol daemon,
47.Xr ntpd 8 .
48Certain fields of the
49.Vt timex
50structure are interpreted in either
51microseconds or nanoseconds, according to the state of the
52.Dv STA_NANO
53bit in the
54.Va status
55word.
56.Pp
57In the
58.Dx
59kernel, the
60.Fn ntp_adjtime
61and
62.Xr ntp_gettime 2
63system calls can be used to determine which
64resolution is in use, and to select either one at any time.
65The resolution selected affects the scaling of certain fields in the
66.Fn ntp_gettime
67and
68.Fn ntp_adjtime
69system calls.
70.Pp
71Take note that this
72.Tn API
73is extremely complex and stateful.
74Users should not attempt modification without first
75reviewing the
76.Xr ntpd 8
77sources in depth.
78.Bd -literal
79/*
80 * NTP daemon interface (ntp_adjtime()) - used to discipline CPU clock
81 * oscillator and determine status.
82 *
83 * Note: The offset, precision and jitter members are in microseconds if
84 * STA_NANO is zero and nanoseconds if not.
85 */
86struct timex {
87	unsigned int modes;	/* clock mode bits (wo) */
88	long	offset;		/* time offset (ns/us) (rw) */
89	long	freq;		/* frequency offset (scaled PPM) (rw) */
90	long	maxerror;	/* maximum error (us) (rw) */
91	long	esterror;	/* estimated error (us) (rw) */
92	int	status;		/* clock status bits (rw) */
93	long	constant;	/* poll interval (log2 s) (rw) */
94	long	precision;	/* clock precision (ns/us) (ro) */
95	long	tolerance;	/* clock frequency tolerance (scaled
96				 * PPM) (ro) */
97	/*
98	 * The following read-only structure members are implemented
99	 * only if the PPS signal discipline is configured in the
100	 * kernel. They are included in all configurations to insure
101	 * portability.
102	 */
103	long	ppsfreq;	/* PPS frequency (scaled PPM) (ro) */
104	long	jitter;		/* PPS jitter (ns/us) (ro) */
105	int	shift;		/* interval duration (s) (shift) (ro) */
106	long	stabil;		/* PPS stability (scaled PPM) (ro) */
107	long	jitcnt;		/* jitter limit exceeded (ro) */
108	long	calcnt;		/* calibration intervals (ro) */
109	long	errcnt;		/* calibration errors (ro) */
110	long	stbcnt;		/* stability limit exceeded (ro) */
111};
112.Ed
113.Pp
114Upon successful completion,
115.Fn ntp_adjtime
116will fill the
117.Fa tp
118argument with the current clock state.
119.Sh RETURN VALUES
120.Rv -std ntp_adjtime
121.Pp
122Possible states of the clock are:
123.Pp
124.Bl -tag -compact -width ".Dv TIME_ERROR"
125.It Dv TIME_OK
126Everything okay, no leap second warning.
127.It Dv TIME_INS
128insert leap second warning.
129.It Dv TIME_DEL
130delete leap second warning.
131.It Dv TIME_OOP
132Leap second in progress.
133.It Dv TIME_WAIT
134Leap second has occurred.
135.It Dv TIME_ERROR
136Clock not synchronized.
137.El
138.Sh ERRORS
139The
140.Fn ntp_gettime
141system call may return
142.Er EPERM
143if the caller
144does not have sufficient permissions.
145.Sh SEE ALSO
146.Xr ntp_gettime 2 ,
147.Xr ntpd 8 Pq Pa pkgsrc/net/openntpd
148.Sh AUTHORS
149This manual page was written by
150.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org .
151