[ntp:questions] What's the current status of PPS support for Linux 2.6 Kernels?

Unruh unruh-spam at physics.ubc.ca
Fri Oct 24 17:44:00 UTC 2008


Venu Gopal <neo.venu at gmail.com> writes:

>Hal Murray wrote:
>> and where do I get it?
>> 
>The current status:
>1. LinuxPPS implementation yet to be part of mainstream kernel

Right now Linux has much more pressing problems with its kernel time
support than PPS support. With the new sources of time,( tsc hpet,....) and
of time screwups ( active cpu speed control, sleep modes,....) the
situation is a bit of a mess. 
>2. You can get it from http://ftp.enneenne.com/pub/misc/linuxpps/patches/

>3. For more information have a look at 
>http://wiki.enneenne.com/index.php/LinuxPPS_support

>I have tested it with 2.6.23 and 2.6.26

>Cheers,
>Venu




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