[RESOLVED] NTP error in serial console - nanobsd alix
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i have upgraded a few alix boxes to 2.2 RC and all of them show this error in serial console during boot
Starting NTP time client...cannot create /dev/: Is a directory done. -
Pushed a fix for this.
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Side note: I choose to use the gps NMEA refclock to handle PPS signal rather than the atom refclock, so I intentionally do not configure a serial port on the PPS tab. When that's empty, system_ntp_setup_pps($serialport) creates an incorrect symlink:
Dec 16 12:22:23 pfsense ntpd[77955]: refclock_atom: /dev/pps0: Is a directory
Dec 16 12:22:23 pfsense ntpd[77955]: 127.127.22.0 local addr 127.0.0.1 -> <null>Dec 16 12:22:23 pfsense ntpd[77955]: GPS_NMEA(0) serial /dev/gps0 open at 9600 bps</null>[2.2-RC][root@pfsense.localdomain]/etc/inc: ls -l /dev/pps0
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5 Dec 16 12:21 /dev/pps0 -> /dev/No error in operation, you can see that GPS_NMEA is happy with /dev/gps0 instead of /dev/pps0, and PPS works fine in this configuration.
Note that consuming PPS with GPS_NMEA is the preferred way of using common GPS units equipped with PPS these days, rather than using both the NMEA and atom reflocks (127.127.20.n and 127.127.22.n respectively).
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well the original issue mentioned in the thread seems fixed, regarding that config error i think it would be better to start a new thread or create a bug report