ntpd hangs under FBSD 8

[Peter Steele]

>I think problem not in ntpd, since I use ntpdate. And in 50% times, when it run from startup script, it hangs with kernel.
>No Ctrl+C work, kernel don`t answer for ping, just freeze.
>Problem somewhere in kernel, maybe in subsystems that set new time, maybe in network(UDP) parts.
>This problem don`t affect other programs, so I think this in time handling code.

I think you may be describing a different problem. For one thing, we don't use ntpdate, we use the "ntpd -g -q" alternative. Secondly, for us ntpd is hanging 100% of the time when run via a Python thread class. The exception is Python 2.5.1; this succeeds 100% of the time.

>Peter, what platform You use? I use MIPS BCM5354.

We have a variety of 1U and 3U boxes. They all hang the same way.