[LinuxPPS] linuxpps-v5.3.2 is missing ioctl32 compatibility
Rodolfo Giometti
giometti at enneenne.com
Tue Oct 28 19:14:29 CET 2008
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 02:10:12PM -0400, George Spelvin wrote:
> Rodolfo Giometti <giometti at enneenne.com> wrote:
> > I agree, also what happens if we three users asking for different
> > settings? :)
>
> Then each user gets what they ask for; their settings are simply
> independent of each other. E.g.
> User 1, running ppstest, gets both edges.
> User 2, with CAPTUREASSERT gets woken up on assert edges only.
> User 3, with CAPTUREASSERT and OFFSETASSERT, gets woken up at the same
> time but reads a different (offset) timestamp.
>
> It's just like different handles to the same file can have different positions
> and O_APPEND settings.
Ok, propose a patch and we can evaluate it! ;)
Thanks,
Rodolfo
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