O `ntpd` ajusta o relógio do hardware?

Acertar o ntpdrelógio do hardware?

Acertar o ntpdrelógio do hardware se eu passar na -qopção (correção única média)?

Linux 3.5.6, ntp 4.2.6.p5.

Aqui está escrito que o ntpd sincroniza o relógio do sistema com o hardware a cada 11 minutos, mas não consigo encontrar referência a isso nos ntpd mans.

Pergunta semelhante foi feita no Serverfault.com . Essa foi a resposta.

Na hwclockpágina do manual no RHEL 4.6:

This mode (we'll call it "11 minute mode") is off until something turns it on.  The ntp
daemon  xntpd  is  one thing  that  turns  it on.  You can turn it off by running
anything, including hwclock --hctosys, that sets the System Time the old fashioned way.

To see if it is on or off, use the command adjtimex --print and look at the value of
"status".  If the "64" bit of this number (expressed in binary) equal to 0, 11 minute mode 
is on.  Otherwise, it is off.

Então, pela virtude de você estar correndo, hwclock --setvocê provavelmente o desligou. Da mesma forma, você pode verificar a saída do adjtimex --printpara confirmar.

Veja você mesmo (o script a seguir exibe o "status da hora" atual quase em tempo real, enquanto registra alterações repentinas no valor)

#!/bin/sh
set -eu

get_time() {
    local line="$1"
    timedatectl \
        | sed -nE $line'p' \
        | sed -E 's/.* ([0-9]+):([0-9]+):([0-9]+).*/\1\2\3/'
}


get_time_status() {
    adjtimex --print \
        | grep -F status \
        | awk '{print "obase=2;" $2}' \
        | bc
}


num_diff() {
    local a="$1" b="$2"
    echo "ah = ${a:0:2}; am = ${a:2:2}; as = ${a:4:2}
        bh = ${b:0:2}; bm = ${b:2:2}; bs = ${b:4:2}
        a = ah * 60 * 60 + am * 60 + as
        b = bh * 60 * 60 + bm * 60 + bs
        if (a > b) a - b else b - a" | bc
}


print_line() {
    local f1="$1" f2="$2"
    printf "%20s %-$(($(tput cols) - 21))s\n" "$f1" "$f2"
}


localt=
universalt=
rtct=
ntp_enabled=
ntp_synchronized=
time_status=

localt_prv="$(get_time 1)"
universalt_prv="$(get_time 2)"
rtct_prv="$(get_time 3)"
ntp_enabled_prv="$(timedatectl | grep -E 'NTP enabled' | awk '{print $3}')"
ntp_synchronized_prv="$(timedatectl | grep -E 'NTP synchronized' | awk '{print $3}')"
time_status_prv="$(get_time_status)"

while true; do
    localt="$(get_time 1)"
    universalt="$(get_time 2)"
    rtct="$(get_time 3)"
    ntp_enabled="$(timedatectl | grep -E 'NTP enabled' | awk '{print $3}')"
    ntp_synchronized="$(timedatectl | grep -E 'NTP synchronized' | awk '{print $3}')"
    time_status="$(get_time_status)"

    if [ "$(num_diff $localt $localt_prv)" -gt 5 ]; then
        print_line "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)]" "localt: $localt_prv -> $localt"
    fi
    if [ "$(num_diff $universalt $universalt_prv)" -gt 5 ]; then
        print_line "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)]" "universalt: $universalt_prv -> $universalt"
    fi
    if [ "$(num_diff $rtct $rtct_prv)" -gt 5 ]; then
        print_line "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)]" "rtct: $rtct_prv -> $rtct"
    fi
    if [ "$ntp_enabled" != "$ntp_enabled_prv" ]; then
        print_line "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)]" "ntp_enabled: $ntp_enabled_prv -> $ntp_enabled"
    fi
    if [ "$ntp_synchronized" != "$ntp_synchronized_prv" ]; then
        print_line "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)]" "ntp_synchronized: $ntp_synchronized_prv -> $ntp_synchronized"
    fi
    if [ "$time_status" != "$time_status_prv" ]; then
        print_line "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)]" "time_status: $time_status_prv -> $time_status"
    fi

    print_line local: "$localt"
    print_line universal: "$universalt"
    print_line rtc: "$rtct"
    print_line 'NTP enabled:' "$ntp_enabled"
    print_line 'NTP synchronized:' "$ntp_synchronized"
    print_line 'time status:' "$time_status"

    sleep 1

    localt_prv="$localt"
    universalt_prv="$universalt"
    rtct_prv="$rtct"
    ntp_enabled_prv="$ntp_enabled"
    ntp_synchronized_prv="$ntp_synchronized"
    time_status_prv="$time_status"

    printf '\033[6A'
done