Hi Geoffroy, > In one of the earlier thread [1], you indicated the intention to introduce a > SNTP implementation in Connman. Are you planning to provide the ability to > get Time information from GPS? I know this is possible today using the ntpd > and gpsd daemons in MeeGo but I am wondering whether this will still be > possible when we move to Gypsy and this new SNTP implementation? > > I am also interested to understand whether this is a replacement for the > one-shot mode or will it possible to keep it alive?
yes, the Simple NTP support will replace the one-shot mode. And I am also looking at GPS time and also NITZ. So ConnMan will become the central point for time updates. As long as you select automatic time updates it should utilize all available resources to have the most accurate sense of time without consuming too much CPU cycles or network bandwidth. We are clearly not there yet, but I am convinced that only a full integrated solution that knows about real online/offline states will work here. I have a proof-of-concept for Simple NTP working and Martin volunteered to help integrating it. I will commit this after we have done the next release. When it comes to integration with Gypsy, we have to look into it. I have not at this point. Mainly because NTP is a way better sources when you are actually online. Only when you are offline, GPS and NITZ are useful. > I am mostly looking at this from an IVI point-of-view but I guess these > questions may be relevant for other devices too. I can see your point here. In the IVI case you rather wanna have GPS and NITZ since you most likely will be more offline than online. So seems like ConnMan needs a plugin to interact with Gypsy. I still need to get a bit deeper into GPS since for time concerns we might not have to wait for 3D fix. So the power consumption on systems were the GPS is most of the time off is interesting. Regards Marcel _______________________________________________ connman mailing list [email protected] http://lists.connman.net/listinfo/connman
