[gpsd-dev] New 0.5 draft of the SemPiTernal HOWTO

Frank frank at nicholasfamilycentral.com
Thu May 5 17:11:05 UTC 2016


> On May 5, 2016, at 1:08 PM, Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com> wrote:
> 
>> “force_turbo=1” forces the Pi to run at maximum clock speed all the
>> time.  This generates heat & increased power consumption.  If
>> constant/max clock speed is desired (for NTP constancy?), keep this.
>> If power/heat are a concern, remove this.
> 
> I think that is needed because the serial port speed is tied to the clock
> speed.  Let the CPU slumber and the serial port speed goes crazy.

Nope - that only applies on the Raspberry Pi 3, with the BT using the ttyAM0 lines.  If you remap the serial back, how the previous PI’s are, then the serial speed is not tied to the CPU clock.

Thanks,
Frank
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