Correct the description of minpoll and maxpoll.

Note that while later versions of the ntpd documentation use the term
"dual logarithm", the text added here is consistent with the remainder
of the current document.

PR:		docs/106926
Submitted by:	Jeremy Chadwick
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Ceri Davies 2006-12-21 19:08:25 +00:00
parent 32ef7e9ba8
commit af0673c204
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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd May 17, 2006
.Dd December 21, 2006
.Dt NTP.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
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.It Cm minpoll Ar minpoll
.It Cm maxpoll Ar maxpoll
These options specify the minimum and maximum poll intervals
for NTP messages, in seconds to the power of two.
for NTP messages, as a power of 2 in seconds
The maximum poll
interval defaults to 10 (1,024 s), but can be increased by the
.Cm maxpoll
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.It Cm minpoll Ar int
.It Cm maxpoll Ar int
These options specify the minimum and maximum polling interval
for reference clock messages, in seconds to the power of two.
for reference clock messages, as a power of 2 in seconds
For
most directly connected reference clocks, both
.Cm minpoll