[LinuxPPS] ntpd

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 08:36:51PM +0200, Folkert van Heusden wrote:
>> [42949424.460000] drivers/serial/8250.c: registered 8250 source 1 at line 1
>> [42949424.460000] PPS-TEST0 port line 2
>> [42949424.460000] PPS-TEST port line 2
>> [42949424.460000] PPS-TEST2 port line 2
>> [42949424.460000] port type is unknown
>> [42949424.480000] end of uart_add_one_port
>> [42949424.480000] drivers/serial/8250.c: registered 8250 source 2 at line 2
>> [42949424.480000] PPS-TEST0 port line 3
>> [42949424.480000] PPS-TEST port line 3
>> [42949424.480000] PPS-TEST2 port line 3
>> [42949424.480000] port type is unknown
>> [42949424.510000] end of uart_add_one_port
> 
> I'm puzzled... =:-o

I guess the whole problem is about enumeration of the serial ports.
How does an unpatched kernel report the ports in Folkert's system?
Does it differ from a linuxPPS patched kernel?