[ntp:questions] Second attempt at GPS-18 based NTP server
David J Taylor
david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid
Fri Feb 3 09:18:35 UTC 2012
> The generic BSD kernel does not enable PPS support by default. You must
> recompile to enable PPS.
>
>
> The page you quoted says the following in the section "System software
> customization" (about 45% down the page in the Software section):
>
> System software customisation
>
> Need to add one line to the Kernel configuration:
>
> options PPS_SYNC
>
> and recompile the Kernel. On my 133MHz/48MB system this can take
> several hours. Note the configuration suggestions below before you
> recompile the kernel.
But that was FreeBSD 5.4 and some six years ago. Note that I did not make
the same remark about FreeBSD 8 - so whether that does or does not need
recompiling is something I don't currently know.
Cheers,
David
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