On 2014-02-23, Chris Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > Once upon a time, Rob <[email protected]> said: >>Did you compile your own kernel or is it all done using standard >>distribution kernel and tools? > > I am running mine on Fedora 20, which includes all the necessary bits. > The pps_parport module is included in the regular kernel RPMs. > >>I further studied the matter and found that on the CentOS 6.5 system >>where I first checked the kernel is at 2.6.32 and the pps_parport module >>is not yet included. > > When I ran this on a CentOS system, I didn't use the in-kernel PPS. I > used the shmpps daemon from EPEL instead (user-space daemon, so not > quite as accurate). > >>Probably a suitable kernel will be in CentOS 7.x > > Looking at the RHEL 7 beta, it does include the pps_parport module. > However, I expect it will be another few months before RHEL 7.0 is > released, and then a month or two after that for CentOS 7.0.
pps_parport and pps_core have been part of the kernel for at least three years, maybe more. I know Mandriva did not include the pps-serial module in their distro for some weird reason (the others were there). So you should not be just waiting for it now. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
