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From: "Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com>
To: Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com>
Cc: "thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net"
	<thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: Re: [Thumbgps-devel] Navisys GR-601W
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:20:03 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120924192003.3fa060d6.gem@rellim.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5140B6AE-C217-4494-952A-B30292F73902@netgate.com>

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Yo Jim!

On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:04:14 -0500
Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> wrote:

> ntpd won't enable the PPS stuff, because the ioctl to 'discover' same
> fails.

Thus one uses gpsd.

> covered on-list back in June/July

Moot.

RGDS
GARY
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Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701
	gem@rellim.com  Tel:+1(541)382-8588

> On Sep 24, 2012, at 8:58 PM, "Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yo Jim!
> > 
> > On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:49:42 -0500
> > Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> 
> >> On Sep 24, 2012, at 5:32 PM, Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Yo Jim!
> >>> 
> >>> On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:07:43 -0500
> >>> Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> They don't work that we'll on FreeBSD. 
> >>> 
> >>> Really?  First I've heard of it.  What's the issue?
> >> 
> >> In a word: jitter
> > 
> > And how much jitter?  The lack of RFC2783 should not be noticeable
> > since the jitter on the USB serial is so large.  RFC2783 helps in
> > the micro Second range and the USB serial is in the milli Second
> > range.
> > 
> > So with, and without you are going to get about 1 milli Second
> > jitter.
> > 
> > So, what problem are you pointing up with *BSD?
> > 
> >> Compare:
> >> http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/dev/uart/uart_core.c?v=FREEBSD9
> >> and
> >> http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/dev/sio/sio.c?v=FREEBSD9
> >> and
> >> http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/pc98/cbus/sio.c?v=FREEBSD9
> >> 
> >> to anything found in
> >> 
> >> http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/dev/usb/serial/?v=FREEBSD9
> > 
> > Not sure what you are trying to show me.
> > 
> > RGDS
> > GARY
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR
> > 97701 gem@rellim.com  Tel:+1(541)382-8588
> 




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  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-25  2:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-23  3:22 Joe Williams
2012-09-23  4:33 ` Eric S. Raymond
2012-09-23  5:07   ` Jim Thompson
2012-09-24 22:32     ` Gary E. Miller
2012-09-25  1:49       ` Jim Thompson
2012-09-25  1:58         ` Gary E. Miller
2012-09-25  2:04           ` Jim Thompson
2012-09-25  2:20             ` Gary E. Miller [this message]
2012-09-26 19:52   ` Joe Williams
2012-09-26 20:00     ` Gary E. Miller
2012-09-26 20:05       ` Dave Taht
2012-09-26 20:05       ` Joe Williams

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