[LinuxPPS] do we need hardpps?

[Michael Meier]

>> See http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=126537764508113&w=2
>> in serial_core?
> well, HARDPPS usually implies the kernel implementation of ntp.
> Now that would be nice, but not essential.
> And Im not sure that the linuxPPS group (which means Rodolfo) should
> be responsible for putting together the patch.

It seems Alexander Gordeev has already put together a patch for that? 
http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2010-02/msg01444.html
So the question would rather be whether it should be merged into LinuxPPS...
He also posted something on this list in October, but I don't remember 
seeing _any_ feedback. Has anyone tried his patches?

> Still, if there are already some hooks in the kernel for the hardpps,
> it seems a shame to remove them.

The way they are right now, they are only confusing. And considering 
they have been there and unused (not even compiled) for an eternity, 
they are unlikely to ever work again without change because everything 
around them has changed.
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Michael Meier
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Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen
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