From 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob McDonnell Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:02:27 -0400 Subject: docs: OpenBSD Man Pages Added --- static/openbsd/man4/gpiodcf.4 | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+) create mode 100644 static/openbsd/man4/gpiodcf.4 (limited to 'static/openbsd/man4/gpiodcf.4') diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/gpiodcf.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/gpiodcf.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..80971206 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/gpiodcf.4 @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: gpiodcf.4,v 1.5 2015/06/07 20:13:13 claudio Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Marc Balmer +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 7 2015 $ +.Dt GPIODCF 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm gpiodcf +.Nd DCF77 timedelta sensor through GPIO pin +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "gpiodcf* at gpio? offset 0 mask 0x1" +.Cd "gpiodcf* at gpio?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver decodes the DCF77 time signal code using one GPIO pin. +The pin is used as a data signal. +The GPIO pin must be able to read an input. +.Pp +The pin number can be specified in the kernel configuration with the +.Ar offset +locator. +The +.Ar mask +locator should always be 0x1 in this case. +The +.Ar offset +and +.Ar mask +can also be specified when +.Nm +is attached at runtime using the +.Dv GPIOATTACH +.Xr ioctl 2 +on the +.Xr gpio 4 +device. +.Pp +.Nm +implements a timedelta sensor and the delta (in nanoseconds) between the +received time information and the local time can be accessed through the +.Xr sysctl 8 +interface. +The clock type is indicated in the sensor description: +.Bl -tag -width "CRITICALXX" -offset indent +.It DCF77 +German DCF77 time signal station +(77.5 kHz longwave transmitter located in Mainflingen near Frankfurt). +.El +.Pp +The quality of the timedelta is reported as the sensor status: +.Bl -tag -width "CRITICALXX" -offset indent +.It UNKNOWN +No valid time information has been received yet. +.It OK +The time information is valid and the timedelta is safe to use for +applications like +.Xr ntpd 8 . +.It WARN +The time information is still valid, but no new time information has been +decoded for at least 5 minutes due to a reception or parity error. +The timedelta should be used with care. +.It CRITICAL +No valid time information has been received for more than 15 minutes since +the sensor state degraded from OK to WARN. +This is an indication that hardware should be checked +to see if it is still functional. +The timedelta will eventually degrade to a lie +as all computer internal clocks have a drift. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr gpio 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr ntpd 8 , +.Xr sysctl 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 4.5 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Marc Balmer Aq Mt mbalmer@openbsd.org . -- cgit v1.2.3