Raspberry Pi HOWTO progress

[Eric S. Raymond]

Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com>:
> And how many YEARS to get there?  Plus you needed to buy a soldering iron,
> solder, flux, solder sucker, etc.

Nah, I just borrowed Phil's. :-)

> Here is a nice HAT presoldered, $31:
> 
> http://www.dx.com/p/add-on-gps-module-gps-hat-module-for-raspberry-pi-2-model-b-b-424254
> http://www.raspberrypiwiki.com/index.php/Raspberry_Pi_Add-On_GPS_HAT_Module

Hm, that's cheaper than the Adafruit HAT unsoldered.  I feel a
revision coming on.
 
> > > > (The device is shipped as parts almost certainly to evade a
> > > > regulatory requirement for FCC conformance testing to RF emission
> > > > standards, which is expensive and would have added to the unit
> > > > cost.)  
> > > 
> > > Irrelevant.  Probably wrong.  
> > 
> > You can argue this with Phil at Penguicon.
> 
> Or argue with the guy mentioned above shipping it preassembled.

Who's in Taiwan, I'm guessing, and expecting he'll fly under regulatory
radar long enough to make a few bucks.  It's happened before.

> > > How to expand?  
> > 
> > There's an option for it in both configurators.
> 
> Link?

Dunno how to give a link to a button in a GUI, sorry.

> > > Gack, this  only works AFTER you have pinged the pi!  It will not
> > > help you find the pi.  
> > 
> > I just shut down the Pi, booted it, and arp -a found the address
> > before I pinged it.
> 
> Reassigned same old address?  Check the age.  Your laptop is not
> in promicuous mode.

Hm.  Can't tell. Maybe I should just drop everything but the .local method.

> > > > In all versions, you force the driver to be loaded by
> > > > editing /etc/modules to contain the line "pps-gpio".  > > > 
> > > Or compile it in the kernel, like a real man would do.  
> > 
> > We're trying to keep things simple, here.
> 
> Yes, but no need to describe, mention the possiblity.

Ah. Will do.

> > > > # Internet time servers for sanity
> > > > server 0.pool.ntp.org iburst prefer    
> > >                                ^^^^^^  huh???  
> > 
> > Got me.  I don't know what that does either.  It's from <<NEVILL>>.  
> > It'd be nice to add an explanation.  Perhaps Hal knows.
> 
> Yuo don't want to prefer any random internet chimer, you prefer you local 
> GPS.

OK, added.

> > > Ho about using the us pool?  Or local country pool??  
> > 
> > Config file was witten by a Brit.
> 
> Then it shoulda used Brit chimers.  Or point to an extended tutorial
> elsewhere.

I'll take a recommendation.

> > > Talk about 'ntpq -p'.  
> > 
> > Suggested wording welcome.  I've barely ever used it.
> 
> See the gpsd time keeping howto, or just refer to it.

On the TODO list
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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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