On Saturday 27 October 2007, Rob Janssen wrote: > Dennis Hilberg, Jr. wrote: > > Chuck wrote: > > > >> i cant use that driver. it requires kernel pps patch which i do not have > >> installed. in my initial searches they appeared to have stopped supporting > >> the patch. however, just as i was writing this, i looked at one more > >> reference which gave me a link to a site that has current patches so i am > >> going to be a bit busy setting up a pps kernel which i understand is the best > >> way to go. > >> > > > > No it doesn't, that's the beauty of it. It runs as a daemon in the > > background, supplying the PPS signal from the GPS. I use it because I do > > not want to patch the kernel with LinuxPPS. Like you said though, patching > > the kernel would probably be the best way. > > > > > There is no functional difference between getting PPS via that daemon > and using gpsd. But gpsd allows access to the positioning and > visibility data from a GPS receiver. >
yes and my boss is being picky about that too so i'm just sticking with what appears to work and not worrying about it. after a week or so, if it is continually offset one way, i may do a time1 correction. > Rob > -- Chuck "...and the hordes of M$*ft users descended upon me in their anger, and asked 'Why do you not get the viruses or the BlueScreensOfDeath or insecure system troubles and slowness or pay through the nose for an OS as *we* do?!!', and I answered...'I use Linux'. " The Book of John, chapter 1, page 1, and end of book _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
