stratum one on pi 4?
Gary E. Miller
gem at rellim.com
Sat Sep 21 03:21:03 UTC 2019
Yo Paul!
On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 20:12:04 -0700
Paul Theodoropoulos via users <users at ntpsec.org> wrote:
> On 9/20/2019 17:59 PM, Gary E. Miller via users wrote:
> > Oh, not good. You forgot "-n /dev/pps0".
> I just had a look at the INSTALL docs on the release version, it says
> "If you are on the RasPi with gpsd version 3.17, or above, /dev/pps0
> can be autodetected. and used for PPS if available."
Only if you configured with the MAGIC_HAT option.
> So that would
> explain why gpsd works fine on my other two raspi's, without
> /dev/pps0 declared...
> > 3.19 has been released. 3.19.1~dev is the current git.
Sort of. There is more to MAGIC_HAT that just /dev/pps0.
> The INSTALL file needs an update - it still talks about Debian
> Wheezy, and refers to Debian Jessie as the current release. I'll see
> about sending in updates.
A lot of people still have Wheezy. Looking forward to updates.
> I'm going to rebuild gpsd from release, maybe it actually is
> something there...
Latest release is always best. From git head second best.
> ...and rather than draw out the discussion, I downloaded the release
> version, built it with identical scons options, and poof - instant
> SHM(0) PPS output.
Version 3.19? That's good. What about git head?
Any ideas what was wrong with your earlier copy? Or too old to care?
> Oh well, go figure. I'd be surprised if this was a bug in that
> particular git release - I'm suspecting that I may have had the UART
> settings gummed up before building gpsd, and for some reason the
> built code couldn't grok PPS - even though the gpsd -h output said it
> was enabled. Maybe.
All scons cares about is if it found the pps headers, timeservce, and
magichat. Let us know if you figure it out.
RGDS
GARY
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