[LinuxPPS] PPS next steps...

[Rodolfo Giometti]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:09:31PM -0500, George Spelvin wrote:
> Rodolfo Giometti <giometti at enneenne.com> wrote:
> >> - Now that I've done it, what do you think of my read(2) output?
> >>   What do you prefer?
> >> - How about the other ideas I suggested in "PPS next steps..."?
> >
> > If you agree I prefere fix resolve basic functionalities and then,
> > after kernel inclusion (and a bit of tests) discussing about new
> > features.
> 
> Yes, but once we have kernel inclusion, the kernel/user interface
> (the ioctl interface) becomes sacred and a lot harder to change,
> because it is a specific goal that old compiled binaries will
> keep running with new kernels.
> 
> Therefore, I want to get that interface correct.  Including the
> format of data read(2) from /dev/pps0.

Can you please ask to Andrew Morton and Alan Cox what they think about
this issue? I agree with them. ;)

Ciao,

Rodolfo

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