Re: [gpsd-dev] PPS over USB

[dave taht]

On 05/06/2012 03:07 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Ed W<address@hidden>:
> > Incidentally I have a load of these (very inexpensive):
> > http://www.bluenext.co.uk/bluetooth-products/gps/92-bn-903s-gps-dongle.html
> >
> > They are detected as a "cp210x: v0.09:Silicon Labs CP210x RS232
> > serial adaptor driver".  Some googling suggests this is a USB2
> > chipset?
> It is, but it sucks.  Due to the vendor's secrecy fetish, the Linux
> driver for the CP2101 couldn't see 1PPS even if the device had my
> nagic hardware patch.  This is the exact reason our UniTraq samples
> didn't work.
magic hardware patch? kernel patch? Donde?

Building kernels is not a lot of fun
for cerowrt, I don't have a major build scheduled til thursday....