[LinuxPPS] pps patch does not see my serial ports

[Folkert van Heusden]

Hi,

Took a while but I succeeded in creating a debian-aware kernel image
package with PPS support:

belle:/usr/src/linux-2.6-2.6.22/Documentation/pps# dmesg | grep -i pps
Linux version 2.6.22.pps-nodeb (root at belle) (gcc version 4.2.3 20071123 (prerelease) (Debian 4.2.2-4)) #1 SMP Sun Jan 13 14:43:34 CET 2008
LinuxPPS API ver. 2 registered
parport_pc 00:07: PPS source #0 "/dev/lp0" added
parport_serial 0000:05:02.0: PPS support disabled due port "/dev/lp1" is in polling mode

As you can see though it does not detect the serial ports in the system.

belle:/usr/src/linux-2.6-2.6.22/Documentation/pps# grep serial /proc/interrupts
 18:        137       6066   IO-APIC-fasteoi   uhci_hcd:usb5, ehci_hcd:usb6, serial

05:02.0 Communication controller: NetMos Technology PCI 9835 Multi-I/O Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 1P2S
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at 8400 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 8800 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 8c00 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 9000 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 9400 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 9800 [size=16]

gps0 is (using udev) the first port on the plugin serial adapter as shown above

belle:/usr/src/linux-2.6-2.6.22/Documentation/pps# ./ppstest /dev/gps0
trying PPS source "/dev/gps0"
no available PPS source in the system

It does see the parallel port though:
belle:/usr/src/linux-2.6-2.6.22/Documentation/pps# ./ppstest
found PPS source #0 "parport0" on "/dev/lp0"
ok, found 1 source(s), now start fetching data...
time_pps_fetch() error -1 (Connection timed out)
but my GPS is connected to the serial port.


belle:/usr/src/linux-2.6-2.6.22/Documentation/pps# dmesg | grep tty
00:06: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
0000:05:02.0: ttyS1 at I/O 0x8400 (irq = 18) is a 16550A
0000:05:02.0: ttyS2 at I/O 0x8800 (irq = 18) is a 16550A

gps0 -> ttyS1


Folkert van Heusden

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