On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM Christoph Liebender <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was wondering, if there is any "list" of compatible GNSS sticks for > OpenBSD or if anyone is using one in combination with OpenNTPD? Since I > am running OpenBSD on an edgerouter that messes up its clock on reboot, > some time-providing magic that does not require network would indeed > come in quite handy, and after all, I have one free USB port on the device
>From what I understand, all of these USB sticks just sends a text string on a slow serial line once per second, so they should all be perfectly compatible. Perhaps I'm out of touch and there are more modern and precise options, but those I've used just show up as a serial port over USB, and you get a nice clean stream of text. > Dare I ask whether or not PPS signals are possible (probably more > adequate: considered for the future) in OpenBSD?? PPS won't help you restore the correct time at boot though.
