[LinuxPPS] time_pps_kcbind return EOPNOTSUPP

Udo van den Heuvel udovdh at xs4all.nl
Wed Jun 2 16:40:31 CEST 2010


On 2010-06-01 20:43, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
>> On 2010-05-31 18:01, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
>>> I see at least one problem: missing PPSSIGNAL flag in the output. This
>>> means that kernel consumer doesn't receive PPS timestamps for at least
>>> two minutes. It probably received them in the at first because PPSTIME
>>> and PPSFREQ are set (ntpd usually does this).
>>
>> My GPS does not have very good, permanent reception but does have good
>> reception every now and then.
>> See the graphs at http://pindarots.xs4all.nl/mrtg/ntppll.html.
>> The pll fluctuations (day graph is most useful) tell you about reception.
>>
>> Would that be a factor?
> 
> Actually it tells nothing to me :)
> What does your dmesg say?

When? What do I look for?
dmesg scrolls away way too fast because of the firewall running on that box.
messages contains only startup stuff from ntpd. No specific errors.

Maybe I cna start ntpd in debug mode (-d?).
Would that help you with the info you need?

Udo



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