[LinuxPPS] [RFC] PPS: Implementing LinuxPPS API with new syscalls

[Bernhard Schiffner]

Am Dienstag, 5. Juni 2007 09:25 schrieb Rodolfo Giometti:
> Hello,
>
> after a little studing on new generic netlink interface and some
> letters with Andrew Morton I decided to drop using the netlink API at
> all and start using new specific syscalls.
...
> Also using syscalls the problem regarding the pps_handle_t type
> disappears, even if the needed of using time_pps_findsource() or
> time_pps_findpath() still remains.
>
> Regarding the file timepps.h I think I should reintroduce it into the
> kernel header files since it's needed to define new PPS types and new
> syscalls wrappers for RFC2783 compatibility.
>
> Comments? Suggestions? :)
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Rodolfo

I "feel" it will be the right way to do. 
Go on!
Is there some work left over to do for non-programmers? ;-)

Bernhard

PS: When I discussed with other (NTP-) people former, I fond no real luck 
about changing a whole codebase because of the (little) different 
RFC2783-interpretation.