[LinuxPPS] Re: [Bug 610] Generic NMEA GPS Receiver driver w/PPS expects PPS after NMEA data

[Rodolfo Giometti]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 09:37:32AM +1100, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
>    > Question: /dev/gpspps0 can be a link o /dev/pps0?
> 
>    Only if:
>    1. You want the NMEA messages to be timestamped by an ATOM clock
>    AND
>    2. An ATOM 'pps0' behaves the same as 'gpspps0' (same data types returned
>    etc etc).
> 
>    The request was explicitly that we do not play with the name 'pps0'
>    because it is reserved for the ATOM clock.
> 
>    Another comment I have:  why call it 'gpspps' - what if someone wants to
>    use a source that is not GPS? For example, the CDMA-based OEM time
>    modules.  It might sound silly, but I think a more generic name would be
>    better; since this implementation is specific to Linux, maybe linpps?
>    Bah... I'm very bad at making names.

You can configure properly udev for this stuff.

Ciao,

Rodolfo

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