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+/* setMasterTimeToSelf.c	ioc initialization */ 
+/* share/src/db $Id$ */
+/*
+ *      Author:		Bob Zieman
+ *      Date:		09-11-92
+ *
+ *      Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS)
+ *
+ *      Copyright 1991, the Regents of the University of California,
+ *      and the University of Chicago Board of Governors.
+ *
+ *      This software was produced under  U.S. Government contracts:
+ *      (W-7405-ENG-36) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory,
+ *      and (W-31-109-ENG-38) at Argonne National Laboratory.
+ *
+ *      Initial development by:
+ *              The Controls and Automation Group (AT-8)
+ *              Ground Test Accelerator
+ *              Accelerator Technology Division
+ *              Los Alamos National Laboratory
+ *
+ *      Co-developed with
+ *              The Controls and Computing Group
+ *              Accelerator Systems Division
+ *              Advanced Photon Source
+ *              Argonne National Laboratory
+ *
+ * Modification Log:
+ * -----------------
+ * .01  09-11-92	rcz	moved here from iocInit.c
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * SETMASTERTIMETOSELF
+ *
+ * This routine should only be called from function initHooks
+ *	at case INITHOOKafterSetEnvParams or later but before
+ *	INITHOOKafterTS_init 
+ *
+ */
+
+
+
+
+#include	<vxWorks.h>
+#include	<sysLib.h>
+#include	<symLib.h>
+#include	<sysSymTbl.h>
+#include        <a_out.h>       /* for N_TEXT */
+
+
+
+
+void setMasterTimeToSelf()
+{
+    BOOT_PARAMS     bp;
+    char           *pnext;
+    char            name[] = "_EPICS_IOCMCLK_INET";
+    char            message[100];
+    UTINY           type;
+    long            rtnval = 0;
+    char           *pSymAddr;
+    int             len = 0;
+    int             i = 0;
+    char            *ptr = 0;
+
+    pnext = bootStringToStruct(sysBootLine, &bp);
+    if (*pnext != EOS) {
+	sprintf(message,
+		"setMasterTimeToSelf: unable to parse boot params\n");
+	errMessage(-1L, message);
+	return;
+    }
+    rtnval = symFindByName(sysSymTbl, name, &pSymAddr, &type);
+    if (rtnval != OK || (type & N_TEXT == 0)) {
+	sprintf(message,
+		"setMasterTimeToSelf: symBol EPICS_IOCMCLK_INET not found");
+	errMessage(-1L, message);
+	return;
+    }
+    ptr = (char*)&bp.ead;
+    len=strlen((char*)&bp.ead);
+    /* strip off mask */
+    for (i=0; i<len; i++, ptr++) {
+	if ( *ptr == ':' ){
+		break;
+	}
+    }
+    *ptr = 0;
+    ptr = (char*)&bp.ead;
+    len=strlen(ptr);
+    strncpy((char*)(pSymAddr + sizeof(void *)), ptr,len+1);
+    return;
+}