misc/77445: too many recvbufs(40) when ntpd started with active NMEA GPS receiver connected to serial port.

[Bruce Griffiths]

>Number:         77445
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       too many recvbufs(40) when ntpd started with active NMEA GPS receiver connected to serial port.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Feb 13 11:20:01 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bruce Griffiths
>Release:        5.3
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD gpstime.has.org.nz 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3 RELEASE #0 Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 root at harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/objusr/src/sys/GENERIC i386     
>Description:
Get too many recvbufs(40) error message whenever ntpd is started with an active NMEA GPS receiver sending NMEA messages to the serial port.   
>How-To-Repeat:
with ntp.conf including:
server 127.127.20.0
 
Start ntpd with NMEA GPS receiver sending messages to serial port.     
>Fix:
 Starting ntpd and then connecting the GPS receiver to the serial port eliminates the problem.     
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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