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

[Hal V. Engel]

On Saturday, July 09, 2011 07:16:13 AM Vitezslav Samel wrote:
> 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

I cloned git again and it is the correct version.

So back to the more important question.  How is this going to be made 
available to distro and users?

Hal 

> 
> > 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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