[LinuxPPS] LinuxPPS 5.0.0-rc1

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> I just published the first patch of the "new era". :)
> 
>    http://ftp.enneenne.com/pub/misc/linuxpps/patches/ntp-pps-2.6.23-rc2.diff
> 
> This patch implements each PPS source as a char device and it respects
> all suggestions from Linux and NTP gurus.
> 
> As already reported in previous letters you need some chenges into
> refclocks which do not work like PARSE refclock, in fact each refclock
> should consider that a GPS device might be different from a PPS source
> device. Please refere to PARSE manual for further info.

Thanks for taking the steps that might take LinuxPPS to teh final
inclusing into the kernel!
What I am wondering about is the consequences to the refclocks.
What should I change in the NMEA patch for example?
I don't yet understand fully.

Can someone please explain?