[ntp:questions] Building FreeBSD V8.0 kernel for PPS
David J Taylor
david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid
Wed Apr 14 09:19:46 UTC 2010
> Hi.
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> I was under the impression from prior comments that FreeBSD etc, was
> good for older lower power machines. But if you need turbo nutterbuster
> PC's to build it in the first place, just to enable PPS ????
>
> The kettle call's.
>
> Regards.
> Dave B
As another datum for you, rebuilding the kernel on FreeBSD 5.4 on a 133MHz
Pentium with 48MB of memory took "several hours". I think I left it
running overnight. No other rebuilding was required - the supplied NTP
worked with a GPS/PPS source once configured.
Cheers,
David
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