[LinuxPPS] 17Jun Patch

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> This is not possible.
> 
> Lines discipline work as follow:
> 
> 1) At serial port open the default ldisc is N_TTY. At close the
> currently selected ldisc is switched automagically to N_TTY again.
> 
> 2) The only one that may select the ldisc is the only one that needs
> it: that is NTPD. You should modify the NTPD code in order to call
> something like:

Argh! Another ntpd patch?
(I do understand the need, but it is another reason to ask for a
nonstandard approach in a different area...)