I finally tracked down where root_distance is created. ntpd/ntp_proto.c
line 2130 function root_distance.
However it is a function internal to ntp_proto.c, not mentioned in
header files. And as far as I can tell the values generated from it are
only ever used inside the functions in that file, not saved.
ntpsnmpd requires this data. As I am unfamiliar with the C code, and
this is a particularly delicate portion I am unwilling to poke it
without confirming with others first. Solutions I can see to get the
data out of ntp_proto.c are:
* save the data. Requires changes to the peer struct. Could easily
become stale (I do not know how often the peer filtering happens).
* expose the root_distance function. I am unsure of the total extent of
the needed changes, but they will be scattered across several files.
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Man Chooses, a Slave Obeys."/ -- Andrew Ryan
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