[LinuxPPS] running ppstest

[Folkert van Heusden]

> > 	giometti at zaigor:~/linux/kernel/Documentation/pps$ ls -l /dev/pps*
> > 	crw-rw-r-- 1 root dialout 253, 0 Aug  8 18:58 /dev/pps0
> > 	crw-rw-r-- 1 root dialout 253, 1 Aug  8 18:58 /dev/pps1
> > 
> > Now I do not have these devices and also:
> > 	belle:/home/folkert# ls -l /dev | grep 253
> > 	crw-rw---- 1 root root    253,   0 2008-01-13 16:12 usbdev1.1_ep00
> > 	crw-rw---- 1 root root    253,   1 2008-01-13 16:12 usbdev1.1_ep81
> > 	crw-rw---- 1 root root    253,   2 2008-01-13 16:12 usbdev2.1_ep00
> > 	...
> > As you can see those major/minors are taken by usb devices - is the pps
> > patch udev-aware?
> 
> What do you mean?

What I mean is: the /dev/pps* files are not created and I was thinking
maybe the usbdev* devices are preventing the pps-patch from this.

> Can Rodolfo explain this mixup?

Yes please!

Rodolfo: I'm using a Debian system here by the way (x86-64).


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