Joachim Schipper wrote: >> Using NTPDATE in cron (30 minutes), I was able to handle this weird >> behavior. >> >> Take a look in your date/time, maybe it's the reason of your strange >> carp issues. > > As to problems with adjtime(2) and SMP machines, there is a small > diff from tedu@ on tech@ at > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-tech&m=113592306900483&w=2, > which stemmed from the discussion on misc@ around the same time, > involving another SMP machine with severely screwed timekeeping - in > fact, it was so bad that NTPd couldn't keep up. Ted's diff > allows NTP to > keep up with time slew even on very imprecise hosts. > > It's a workaround, but might work for you.
I tried the patch, but it didn't apply cleanly against 3.8:-( I tried booting FW2 with the SP kernel, but the problem still persists. It doesn't appear to be ntpd related since ntp updates didn't correlate with carp BACKUP -> MASTER transitions. I'll keep plugging away at it... -Steve S.
