On Tue, Jan 07, 2025 at 02:49:52PM +0000, Sviatoslav Feshchenko wrote: > I might take Miroslav's suggestion and port the ntpd audio code. > This would be a hobby project, so I am not looking for the easiest > porting solution. I would also want the code to last and be relevant > for the longest amount of time possible, so I would probably write > directly for ALSA rather than pipewire, to minimize the risk of > obsolescence. I wouldn't use the SOCK wrapper ntp-refclock in this > case either, and instead write a standalone application (somewhat > along the lines of gpsd), which would provide the SOCK connection. > What are your thoughts on this approach?
That sounds like a lot of work, but of course it's your time :). I'd just submit a patch adding support for alsa to the ntp project. Looking at the ./libntp/audio.c file, it shouldn't be that difficult. alsa provides an alsa-oss package providing some OSS compatibility. You could start ntpd/ntp-refclock with the aoss utility. Have you tried that? > If I am ever successful and > it works well, would Miroslav be willing to include a blurb about > the existence of this application in chrony documentation for > chrony.conf SOCK driver, which currently only mentions gpsd as one > application that supports the SOCK protocol? I'd certainly add it to the "Useful links" page on the chrony website. -- Miroslav Lichvar -- To unsubscribe email chrony-users-requ...@chrony.tuxfamily.org with "unsubscribe" in the subject. For help email chrony-users-requ...@chrony.tuxfamily.org with "help" in the subject. Trouble? Email listmas...@chrony.tuxfamily.org.
