[LinuxPPS] Problem - refclock_nmea: time_pps_kcbind failed

[Rodolfo Giometti]

On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 05:30:04AM +0200, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
> Hello Philip,
> 
> Philip M. White wrote:
> > Great.  It works for a little while, but then I get the following:
> > 
> > [ntpd] refclock_nmea: time_pps_kcbind failed: Operation not supported
> 
> Normal, is not implemented.
> Rodolffo can explain.

Nothing much to explain. The function is simply not supported! :)

However this is not a bug of LinuxPPS implementation as RFC 2783 says
that function is «optional».

However I've just updated the LinuxPPS's Wiki adding this topic as a
FAQ:

   http://wiki.enneenne.com/index.php/LinuxPPS_support#FAQs

FAQ no. 3.

Ciao,

Rodolfo

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