Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Greg!

On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 09:29:24 -0500
Greg Troxel <address@hidden> wrote:

>   pps is forced off if TIOCMIWAIT is not available.
>     Checking if sys/ioctl.h supplies TIOCMIWAIT ...no
>     Forcing pps=no (TIOCMIWAIT not available)
>   This is wrong, because the standards-based approach to pps is
> RFC2783 (sys/timepps.h) and that works fine without TIOCMIWAIT (which
> is for user-space pps, on Linux and perhaps OpenBSD).  The fix is to
> only force pps off if no pps mechanisms are available.  The incorrect
>   forcing is a regression from earlier versions

Eventually yes, but currently if no TIOMCIWAIT just KPPS will not work.

RGDS
GARY
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