[LinuxPPS] LinuxPPS - odd behaviour.

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 11:38:01AM +0100, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>> Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
>>> On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 02:03:18PM +0100, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>>>> See?
>>>>
>>>> http://bugs.ntp.org/956
>>> I think they are right. Unluckely I have no idea about to open a
>>> "parent" device when the PPS device is opened! :'(
>> Just ask on linux-kernel on how to fix this issue?
>> It's just an 'open' for kernel-land. The user gets no handle.
> 
> I can ask but it's not an easy task... I think the best way to do is
> to mark this issue as a "know-bug"(TM) and suggest the cure by using
> "cat" or so.

That could be the current workaround. `cat` or NMEA or whatever.
You could add a request for help to solve this issue in a more elegant
manner.