In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alexa
nder Maret writes:
>> From: Poul-Henning Kamp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Subject: Re: AW: Accessing the tty structure of an opened device 
>> 
>> 
>> How fast do these pulses arrive ?  Consider using the
>> PPS-API for that: <sys/timepps.h>
>> 
>
>the time between a pulse and a space often only takes
>a few milliseconds. I have to meassure that with
>gettimeofday().

You will need to do this in a device driver, there is no way you
can reliably measure that from userland.

Trust me on this: I've tried.

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