[ELDK] Is there an ELDK NTP or other time keeping package?

[Stefano Babic]

Hi Larry,

On 21/08/2013 07:27, Larry Baker wrote:
> I tried to add the ntp package to generic-armv5te core-image-basic by adding
> 
> IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " chkconfig ntp"
> 
> to my Yocto/ELDK conf/local.conf.
> 
> bitbake failed because no recipe provides 'ntp'.
> 

That is right - Yocto / ELDK do not include a receipe for NTP, but the
OE receipe can be easy added.

> I saw chkconfig and ntp in the list of ELDK target packages at http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/ELDKPackages#Section_3.9.2.

The list is related to the old ELDK-4.x, see the ancient gcc versions.
All packages are obsolete nowadays. And yes, ELDK-4.x had a rpm package
for NTP.

>  I thought there might be a chance that Yocto/ELDK had support for building both.  No?
> 
> What is the recommended method in Yocto/ELDK to synchronize with an NTP server or other time reference?

NTP or SNTP is IMHO always the first choice. Check the receipe here:
	https://github.com/openembedded/meta-oe/tree/master/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntp

You can add it flawlessly to your ELDK environment.

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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