[LinuxPPS] push sys/timepps.h into glibc ?

[Vitezslav Samel]

On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 02:09:16PM -0700, Hal V. Engel wrote:
> On Monday, May 16, 2011 02:13:00 AM Vitezslav Samel wrote:
> > 	Hi!
> > 
> >   As of kernel 2.6.38 there is complete pps support in linux kernel.
> > Is there any work on pushing new include file sys/timepps.h into glibc?
> > 
> >   This new include file lives in git://github.com/ago/pps-tools.git.
> > 
> >   This step will complete all needed support for ntp with pps on linux.
> > 
> > 
> > 	Thanks,
> > 		Vita
> 
> Is the header file in git up to date?  The version in GIT has the following:
> 
> static __inline int time_pps_kcbind(pps_handle_t handle,
> 					const int kernel_consumer,
> 					const int edge, const int tsformat)
> {
> 	/* LinuxPPS doesn't implement kernel consumer feature */
> 	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
> 	return -1;
> }
> 
> So this can't be correct with for 2.6.38 with kernel consumer support.  I have 
> another version on my machine that has:
> 
> #ifdef PPS_KC_BIND


  Just tried git://github.com/ago/pps-tools.git and the version is the
right one.

	Vita


> static __inline int time_pps_kcbind(pps_handle_t handle,
> 					const int kernel_consumer,
> 					const int edge, const int tsformat)
> {
> 	struct pps_bind_args __bind_args;
> 
> 	__bind_args.tsformat = tsformat;
> 	__bind_args.edge = edge;
> 	__bind_args.consumer = kernel_consumer;
> 
> 	return ioctl(handle, PPS_KC_BIND, &__bind_args);
> }
> 
> #else /* !PPS_KC_BIND */
> 
> static __inline int time_pps_kcbind(pps_handle_t handle,
> 					const int kernel_consumer,
> 					const int edge, const int tsformat)
> {
> 	/* LinuxPPS doesn't implement kernel consumer feature */
> 	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
> 	return -1;
> }
> 
> #endif /* PPS_KC_BIND */
> 
> But I don't know where I got it or even when for that matter although the file 
> is dated Jun 17, 2010.  Is this correct for the current kernels or am I using 
> the wrong header file?   If it is wrong where do I get the correct one?  
> 
> This does need to be cleared up at some point so that people get the correct 
> header file.  Either this header file needs to be part of glibc or it needs to 
> be in a formalized package so that distros can easily find it and include it.  
> Right now this header is totally obscure to the disto maintainers and none of 
> them know about it at this point. 
> 
> Hal

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