Thank you Miroslav. I haven’t tried the alsa-oss package yet. Admittedly I much prefer using Chrony over ntpd :)
I will let you know if and when I have a good application. It may take a long while! Sviatoslav On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 03:21, Miroslav Lichvar <[mlich...@redhat.com](mailto:On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 03:21, Miroslav Lichvar <<a href=)> wrote: > 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.
