Subject: Re: ntpd problems with GPS receiver under NetBSD-amd64
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/04/2005 13:07:57
In message <87is58i53o.fsf@snark.piermont.com>, "Perry E. Metzger" writes:
>
>Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com> writes:
>> On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 11:54:01AM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>>> 
>>> Matthias Drochner <M.Drochner@fz-juelich.de> writes:
>>> > jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu said:
>>> >> Alternatively, and I beleieve supported on FreeBSD, is to hook up the
>>> >> PPS signal to a parallel-port lead
>>> >
>>> > This should work in NetBSD (>=2) too, through the "pps at ppbus"
>>> > device.
>>> 
>>> Why isn't the "ppbus" stuff in GENERIC?
>>
>> It doesn't work reliably with some very old printers that our old lpt
>> driver handles fine.
>
>It could be put in with a # in front of it so people know it is there,
>though...
>

That was how I interpreted your suggestion.

		--Prof. Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb