Eric S. Raymond via devel writes:
> Achim Gratz via devel :
>> Eric S. Raymond via devel writes:
>> > * It has 2ms jitter, way worse than a cheap GPS these days.
>>
>> That is actually much better than what most of the cheap GPS deliver
>> when connected over USB.
>
> You may be a bit behind the
Eric S. Raymond via devel writes:
> You've forgotten much, then. I remind you of the Type 2 Bancomm, the
> Type 45 Spectracom TSync PCI, and the Type 16 Bancomm GPS/IRIG
> Receiver.
Type 2 was actually the venerable Trak GPS, which was available in a
number of output configurations. NTPd
Achim Gratz via devel :
> True, however the "cheap GPS connected over USB" one can actually buy
> are mostly using USB serials that don't even allow DCD to be handed
> through and hence have no PPS. PPS over USB serial is still rare to find.
Not any more. You can buy them from Mark on Etsy for
Achim Gratz via devel :
> In other words, while there may have been blobs there, none of them were
> actually in NTPd.
The fact that they had to be linked to the kernel rather than being in
userland made them *worse* security risks. Those were the first
drivers I dropped.
> > Whatever your
