On 2013/04/21 12:10, Martin Pieuchot wrote: > On 20/04/13(Sat) 13:08, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > On 2013/04/20 11:24, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > ok so I have some hardware now. bulk transfers with asynchronous > > > events don't work via libusb yet (mglocker has been looking at this) but > > > when used in synchronous mode this is doing something which looks kind-of > > > correct. > > > > > > I need to make some comparisons with non-OpenBSD machines to > > > see if it it's really working though; I'm in a bit of a radio black > > > hole and the crappy stock aerial I'm currently using don't make it > > > easy to tell what's working and what isn't ;) > > > > > > attached tar.gz (to unpack in /usr/ports/mystuff/comms) has these 3 ports: > > > > > > py-rtlsdr - python library making librtlsdr functions available from > > > python. > > > includes a demo "waterfall" program (which requires newer py-matplotlib > > > from openbsd-wip), dependency on matplotlib not enforced for this as it's > > > mostly intended as a library. > > > > > > rtlsdr-scanner: scanner program making use of above library - > > > this one does work with -current py-matplotlib. > > > > > > updated rtl-sdr port: for now, remove programs which can *only* use > > > async mode. > > > > > > so... given the limitations, this definitely works: > > > > http://junkpile.org/rtlscanner.png > > > > any OKs to import these? > > > > http://junkpile.org/rtl-sdr-ports.tgz > > I've seen by looking at the code that there's a "-S" flag to use libusb > in a synchronous fashion. Does it work better when you use this flag? If > so, do you think it would make any sense to make it the default on > OpenBSD and add a comment about our current status of asynchronous > transfer submission?
This is what I talk about in DESCR, I hadn't thought of changing the default but that makes sense. Updated rtl_sdr port attached to do this and mention it in DESCR. I've also disabled rtl_tcp as that doesn't have an option to use asynchronous mode.
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