On 2011-08-23, Dave Hart <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 13:02, Thomas Laus <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The capture / assert configuration options does
>> not select reading the leading or trailing edge of a PPS pulse, NTP
>> only reads timestamps to the on the leading edge and you may require
>> an inverter to swap polatity for NetBSD to read and sync to your PPS
>> pulse.
>
> Actually, fudge flag2 does determine whether ntpd refclocks using the
> common PPSAPI code (such as the atom/PPS, NMEA, and WWVB drivers)
> request timestamps for the assert or clear transition.  See
> ntp_refclock.c refclock_params():
>
>
>       /*
>        * Solaris serial ports provide PPS pulse capture only on the
>        * assert edge. FreeBSD serial ports provide capture on the
>        * clear edge, while FreeBSD parallel ports provide capture
>        * on the assert edge. Your mileage may vary.
>        */
>       if (mode & CLK_FLAG2)
>               ap->pps_params.mode = PPS_TSFMT_TSPEC | PPS_CAPTURECLEAR;
>       else
>               ap->pps_params.mode = PPS_TSFMT_TSPEC | PPS_CAPTUREASSERT;
>       if (time_pps_setparams(ap->handle, &ap->pps_params) < 0) {
>               msyslog(LOG_ERR,
>                   "refclock_params: time_pps_setparams: %m");
>               return (0);
>       }
>
> As the comment notes, not all PPSAPI implementations can actually
> timestamp either edge.  So it's not a limitation of ntpd, but of
> NetBSD's timepps.h, in your case.

But from his test, his system is labelling both edges. 


>
> Cheers,
> Dave Hart

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