> I'm running NetBSD 1.0 and similarly didn't want to try to integrate
> the NTP stuff into the kernel.

So why not run xntpd without the kernel patches?

> (ntpdate is a utility that comes with NTP, but doesn't require the 
> kernel support).

The only kernel support that xntpd requires is a working adjtime() call.

Since xntpd is so easy to install and works so well, I don't see any
reason not to run it everywhere.

--apb (Alan Barrett)