[ntpwg] Bug: Status/Summary of slashdot leap-second crash on new years 2008-2009

[john stultz-lkml]

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Linas Vepstas <linasvepstas at gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]
> The long term solution would be write an RFC to extend
> NTP to also provide TAI information -- e.g. to add a
> message that indicates the current leap-second offset
> between UTC and TAI.

I believe Roman has already added this ability:
http://git.kernel.org/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=153b5d054ac2d98ea0d86504884326b6777f683d;hp=9f14f669d18477fe3df071e2fa4da36c00acee8e

thanks
-john