[LinuxPPS] 17Jun Patch

[Rodolfo Giometti]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 04:34:52PM +0200, Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
> 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?

Say that to Alan. :)

> (I do understand the need, but it is another reason to ask for a
> nonstandard approach in a different area...)

I don't think ldisc are _not_ standard...

Ciao,

Rodolfo

-- 

GNU/Linux Solutions                  e-mail: giometti at enneenne.com
Linux Device Driver                          giometti at linux.it
Embedded Systems                     phone:  +39 349 2432127
UNIX programming                     skype:  rodolfo.giometti