[LinuxPPS] More on problem with the PPS Device

[Rodolfo Giometti]

On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 07:10:33PM +0200, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
> Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
> > Reg Clemens wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 07:32:04PM +0200, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
> >>>> clemens at dwf.com wrote:
> >>>>>> 2, if possible.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> I commented on this in a previous note.
> >>>>> time_pps_create is called with the FILE DESCRIPTOR of the PPS device.
> >>>>> It knows nothing about the serial device.
> >>> The first call is made with the serial device's fd.
> >>>
> >> That cant be true, otherwise the PPSAPI would not know what device to
> >> look for time stamps on.  The way it knows about /dev/pps{n} is thru it
> >> being passed here.
> > 
> > So what do we reply to the ntp bugzilla suggestion?
> 
> - 'never mind'?
> - 'no can do'?
> - .... ?

My opinion is that we should live untouched the current refclock
drivers and manage the ldisc by using ppsldisc.

Bluetooth subsystem does something similar for years without problems,
we can do the same I suppose. :)

Ciao,

Rodolfo

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