Is snp(4) in working order?
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:12:24 UTC
I'm wondering if, on a 12.2 host, the snp(4) device is out of order or if I'm improperly using it. Here is the situation: a GPS receiver connected to the host through USB (umodem driver) feeding ntpd and keeping it happy. On this setup I perform the following calls as root in a dedicated process: int a=open("/dev/cuaU0", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK); isatty(a); /* Yes it is */ int b=open("/dev/snp", O_RDONLY); ioctl(b, SNPSTTY, &a); int pending; ioctl(b, FIONREAD, &pending); /* Empty */ char buf; read(b, 1, &buf); I ommited error handling for brevity, all calls are successfull except read() which never return. I expected to be able to read the same bytes stream as ntpd does but I get nothing. Am I misusing the snp(4) interface or is it non-functioning? [As a side note: I could also had used gpsd but hooking ntpd directly to the serial device yields a far better jitter.] -- %!PS -- Bertrand Petit /D{def}def/E{exch}D/G{get}D/I{2 div}D/U{dup}D/L{roll}D/Y{setgray}D/N{newpath}D /O{N 0 0 moveto}D/P{pop}D/T{translate}D currentpagedevice/PageSize G U 0 G/w E D 1 G /h E D w I h I T 0 Y 1 setlinewidth 0 1 2 { P 120 rotate 2 4 w U mul h U mul add sqrt I 50 add {N 50 0 3 2 L 0 360 arc stroke}for}for/s{O true charpath pathbbox exch 4 -1 L E sub I 3 1 L sub I} D /l(bp)D 0.94 Y /Helvetica findfont 22 scalefont setfont l s P(x)s exch P T O l show showpage