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<TITLE>vxWorks Port of NTP</TITLE>
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<H1>VxWorks port of NTP </H1>
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<P>Creating a port for vxWorks posed some problems. This port may help
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as a starting point for similar ports to real-time OS's and other embeddable
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kernels, particularly where main() is not allowed, and where the configure
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scripts need to be altered. </P>
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<H1><B>Configuration issues</B></H1>
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<P>I decided to do as little invasive surgery as possible on the NTP code,
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so I brought the vxWorks header tree in line with the standard unix tree.
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The following changes were needed, as a side effect these changes will
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allow for easy porting of other autoconfigure enabled code. </P>
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<P>Where I have 386 you will need to put in your target type. The vxWorks
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tree entry point is /usr/wind. If these are the same for your system, you
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should be able to cut and paste the changes. </P>
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<P><BLINK>WARNING: Check you are not overwriting files, before entering
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the following: there should be no conflict, but check first... </BLINK></P>
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<P>export CC="cc386 -nostdlib -m486 -DCPU=I80486 -I/usr/wind/target/h"
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export RANLIB=ranlib386 <BR>
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export VX_KERNEL=/usr/wind/target/config/ims_std_bsp/vxWorks <BR>
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cd /usr/wind/target/sys <BR>
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ln -s ../signal.h <BR>
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ln -s socket.h sockio.h <BR>
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ln -s ../selectLib.h select.h <BR>
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ln -s ../timers.h <BR>
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touch file.h param.h resource.h utsname.h var.h ../netdb.h ../a.out.h ../termios.h
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echo " ******ADD #include \"sys/times.h\" to sys/time.h
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<P>The configure script must be changed in the following way to get the
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linking tests to work, once in the correct directory issue the following
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sed -e 's%main.*()%vxmain()%' configure > configure.vxnew <BR>
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mv configure.vxnew configure <BR>
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chmod 755 configure </P>
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<P>The new version 4 of NTP requires some maths functions so it links in the
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maths library (-lm) in the ntpd <a href="../ntpd/Makefile.am">Makefile.am</a>
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change the line "ntpd_LDADD = $(LDADD) -lm" by removing the "-lm".<BR>
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You are now ready to compile</P>
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The <A HREF="../configure.in">configure.in </A>file needed to be altered
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to allow for a host-target configuration to take place. </P>
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<LI>The define SYS_VXWORKS was added to the compilation flags. </LI>
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<LI>Little endianess is set if the target is of type iX86. </LI>
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<LI>The size of char, integer, long values are all set. If Wind River ever
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changes these values they will need to be updated. </LI>
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<LI>clock_settime() is defined to be used for setting the clock. </LI>
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<LI>The Linking flags have -r added to allow for relinking into the vxWorks
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<P>Unfortunately I have had to make use of the <A HREF="../include/ntp_machine.h">ntp_machine.h
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</A>file to add in the checks that would have been checked at linking stage
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by autoconf, a better method should be devised. </P>
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<LI>There is now a NO_MAIN_ALLOWED define that simulates command line args,
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this allows the use of the normal startup sysntax. </LI>
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<LI>POSIX timers have been added. </LI>
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<LI>Structures normally found in netdb.h have been added with, the corresponding
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code is in <A HREF="../libntp/machines.c">machines.c </A>. Where possible
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the defines for these have been kept non-vxWorks specific.</LI>
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<P>Unfortunately there are still quite a few SYS_VXWORKS type defines in
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the source, but I have eliminated as many as possible. You have the choice
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of using the usrtime.a library avaliable from the vxworks archives or forgoing
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adjtime() and using the clock_[get|set]time().The <A HREF="../include/ntp_machine.h">ntp_machine.h
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</A>file clearly marks how to do this. </P>
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<H1><B>Compilation issues</B> </H1>
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<P>You will need autoconf and automake ... available free from the gnu
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archives worldwide. </P>
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<P>The variable arch is the target architecture (e.g. i486) </P>
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<P>mkdir A.vxworks (or whatever....) <BR>
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../configure --target=arch-wrs-vxworks [any other options] <BR>
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<P>Options I normally use are the --disable-all-clocks --enable-LOCAL-CLOCK flags.
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The program should proceed to compile without problem. The daemon ntpd,
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ntpdate, ntptrace, ntpdc, ntpq programs and of course the libraries are
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all fully ported. The other utilities are not, but they should be easy
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<H1>Running the software </H1>
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<P>Load in the various files, call them in the normal vxWorks function
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type manner. Here are some examples. Refer to the man pages for further
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<P>ld < ntpdate/ntpdate <BR>
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ld < ntpd/ntpd <BR>
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ld < ntptrace/ntptrace <BR>
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ld < ntpq/ntpq <BR>
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ld < ntpdc/ntpdc <BR>
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ntpdate ("-b", "192.168.0.245") <BR>
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sp(ntpd, "-c", "/export/home/casey/ntp/ntp.conf")
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ntpdc("-c", "monlist", "192.168.0.244")
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ntpq("-c", "peers", "192.168.0.244") <BR>
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ntptrace("192.168.0.244") <BR>
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<H1>Bugs and such </H1>
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<P>Should you happen across any bugs, please let me know, or better yet
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fix them and submit a patch. Remember to make you patch general for Vxworks,
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not just for your particular architecture.
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<A HREF="http://www.ccii.co.za">CCII Systems
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(Pty) Ltd</A>, my ex employers, sponsored the time to this port.
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Please let me know how it goes, I would be most interested in offsets
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and configurations. </P>
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<P>Casey Crellin</A> <BR>
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<A HREF="mailto:casey@csc.co.za">casey@csc.co.za</A> </P>
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