Epics release 3.12.Beta3

["Gabor Csuka, DESY - Germany" <csuka@heracc.desy.de>]

Hi Folk,

Experiences with R3.12.Beta3

1. Time Service Configuration
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 The TS (Time Service) is configuread as in startup script:

	TSdriverDebug=1000
	TSconfigure (1, 10, 60, 0, 0)

result with missing UDP/NTP server:
-----------------------------------
queries UDP/123 (NTP) on host  &  hangs:

#########################################################################
###
###  @(#)EPICS IOC CORE $Date: 1994/10/05 18:28:17 $
###  @(#)Version R3.12.0
#########################################################################
###
setting EPICS environment parameters
../drvTS.c:352: In TSinit()
../drvTS.c:397: TSinit() - no event receiver
../drvTS.c:414: TSinit() - I am master
../drvTS.c:540: start watch dog at rate 600
../drvTS.c:549: Starting async time watch dog
../drvTS.c:858: in TSsetClockFromUnix()
../drvTS.c:704: in TSgetUnixTime()
../drvTS.c:1576: sizeof sin = 16
../drvTS.c:713: host addr = 131.169.112.71
../drvTS.c:1602: time_out Second=0
../drvTS.c:1603: time_out Microsecond=250000
../drvTS.c:1607: sednto port 123
../drvTS.c:1607: sednto port 123
../drvTS.c:1607: sednto port 123
../drvTS.c:1607: sednto port 123
../drvTS.c:1622: TSgetData - retry count:
                                           

Thats meening: as initiate the TS looking for Unix time useing NTP/UDP
on the boot host. (We have no NTS deamon our boot host but we have 
somewhere else)

HACK:
=====

int /home/epicsSRC/epicsR3.12.DBeta3/base/src/db/drvTS.c, line 709 ff

/*      HACK : herao1   */

#define TS_NTP_HOST     "131.169.112.77"
#ifdef TS_NTP_HOST
        host_addr = TS_NTP_HOST;
#else

 host_addr = bootParms.had; /* bootParms.had = host ethernet address */
#endif

Is any other solution ?

2. SIZE of the iocCore 
=======================

We would like to use mvm162-12 board but  the iocInit faild during 
initialization somewhere the in the memory allocation. (This board 
has 4MB memory) Is there any way to reduce the size of the iocCore ?  
(The drvSup and devSup has been minimalizied!) 

Any suggestion ?


Regards

Gabor Csuka, DESY
csuka@heracc.desy.de