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From:
Sebastian Reitenbach <sebastia@l00-bugdead-prods.de>
Subject:
Re: comms/rtl-sdr fix rtl_tcp
To:
SASANO Takayoshi <uaa@mx5.nisiq.net>
Cc:
ports <ports@openbsd.org>
Date:
Tue, 4 Aug 2026 14:42:02 +0200

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  • Sebastian Reitenbach:

    NEW: comms/soapy-rtlsdr

  • Hi,
    
    yeah, this annoying frequency changing, I tested with gqrx as client and
    your patch definitely helps.
    
    applied.
    
    thank you,
    Sebastian
    
    On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 12:30 AM SASANO Takayoshi <uaa@mx5.nisiq.net> wrote:
    
    > Hi,
    >
    > > without and with your patch, I can run rtl_sdr -a 127.0.0.1 and connect
    > > gqrx to it, to listen to radio.
    > > So what does the patch fix for you?
    > >
    > > Do you have something I could reproduce?
    >
    > 1. run "rtl_tcp -a 0.0.0.0" on OpenBSD machine
    > 2. run Airspy's SDRsharp on Windows machine
    > 3. connect rtl_tcp server from SDRsharp client and start receive
    > 4. change frequency on SDRsharp with up/down button (frequency number)
    >
    > same problem will occur on CubicSDR with rtl-sdr (this occur
    > without rtl_tcp server).
    >
    >
    > It looks librtlsdr's radio controlling api like rtlsdr_set_center_freq()
    > is blocked during rtlsdr_read_sync() is activated.
    >
    > (maybe libusb's control transfer is blocked whle bulk transfer is running)
    >
    > Regards,
    > --
    > SASANO Takayoshi (JG1UAA) <uaa@mx5.nisiq.net>
    >
    
    
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  • Sebastian Reitenbach:

    NEW: comms/soapy-rtlsdr