[LinuxPPS] linuxPPS built with 'ntp-pps-2.6.27-rc3-bis.diff' not working

[clemens at dwf.com]

> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:46:56AM -0600, clemens at dwf.com wrote:
> > OK.
> > I took linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2
> > applied the patch-2.6.27-rc4
> > applied the ntp-pps-2.6.27-rc3-bis.diff
> > built this kernel with my config file from linux-2.6.27-rc1-PPS
> > 
> > The line-discipline stuff seems to be there, I can check and see a line
> > discipline of 18, and the files /dev/pps0 and /dev/pps1 get built.
> > 
> > However, I get a failure on the time_pps_create system call from the
> > test program so there is something missing in the PPSAPI.
> 
> Please, report the failure.
> 
The error message is just whatever the program prints if the time_pps_create
call fails.  If you are asking what the numeric value of the error is,  it just
returns -1 .

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                                        Reg.Clemens
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