[ntp:questions] Linux NTPd using a older Trimble Thunderbolt GPS Receiver

Rob nomail at example.com
Mon Jan 19 13:31:38 UTC 2015


George Ross <gdmr at inf.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> --===============2115662771273679884==
> Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1421661606_7734P";
> 	 micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> --==_Exmh_1421661606_7734P
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>> Shouldn't it show a 'o' rather than a '*' when it is locked to PPS
>> in kernel mode?
>
> Ah, but it's not doing PPS.  The driver waggles one of the control lines
> and the device transmits a timestamp in response.

Ok...  the Trimble Thunderbolt outputs PPS as well, so I thought one
would use that.  It will be much more accurate, but you probably don't
require that.



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