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

[Rodolfo Giometti]

On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 12:59:22PM -0600, Reg Clemens wrote:
> 
> [megasnip]
> 
> which allocate space on their own.  So I was wrong on the destroy thing for
> Linux.  I have at least 10 old timepps.h file floating around, and I grabbed
> the 'wrong one' to look at.  In fact, the previous PPSkit had allocated space
> inside the kernel for some of its data, and the destroy function called an
> ioctl that released this space.

The problem is due RFC that is not clear on this topic... however if
we wish having compatible code with current NTPD code we should
consider the handler already allocated.

Ciao,

Rodolfo

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