[LinuxPPS] [RFC] PPS: Implementing LinuxPPS API with new syscalls

[Rodolfo Giometti]

On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 09:43:25AM +0200, Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> 
> To be more generally RFC should defines the time_pps_create() as
> follow:
> 
>    int time_pps_create(char *path, pps_handle_t *handle);
> 
> so users may use it in the following manner:
> 
>    char *path = "/dev/ttyS0";
>    pps_handle_t handle'
>    
>    ...
> 
>    ret = time_pps_create(path, &handle);

If we cannot change RFC we can add a new function as follow:

   int time_pps_create2(char *path, pps_handle_t *handle);

or

   int time_pps_open(char *path, pps_handle_t *handle);

or, better:

   pps_handle_t time_pps_open(char *path);

Ciao,

Rodolfo

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