From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755074AbXDZVAo (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:00:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755071AbXDZVAn (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:00:43 -0400 Received: from 81-174-11-161.f5.ngi.it ([81.174.11.161]:52303 "EHLO mail.enneenne.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752848AbXDZVAn (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:00:43 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:01:25 +0200 From: Rodolfo Giometti To: Reg Clemens Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxpps@ml.enneenne.com, reg@deneb.dwf.com Message-ID: <20070426210125.GA11092@enneenne.com> References: <20070321074121.GA13843@enneenne.com> <200703211655.l2LGtwWl017848@deneb.dwf.com> <20070321203647.GD4539@enneenne.com> <200703212235.l2LMZMQ4005361@deneb.dwf.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200703212235.l2LMZMQ4005361@deneb.dwf.com> Organization: GNU/Linux Device Drivers, Embedded Systems and Courses X-PGP-Key: gpg --keyserver keyserver.linux.it --recv-keys D25A5633 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.32.1 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: giometti@enneenne.com Subject: Re: [LinuxPPS] [PATCH 1/1] LinuxPPS: Pulse per Second support for Linux X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 (built Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:44:12 +0100) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mail.enneenne.com) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 04:35:22PM -0600, Reg Clemens wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 10:55:58AM -0600, Reg Clemens wrote: > > > > > > Just one point with your patch. > > > A couple of years ago there was a long discussion on the Linux Kernel mailing > > > list > > > as to how USER codes were not supposed to use KERNEL include files. Now I > > > still > > > see __KERNEL__ all over the place in the linux=source includes so mabe this > > > never went anywhere, but you MIGHT have to provide a separate patch (addition) > > > to the Linux (as opposed to Linux-kernel) include files with timepps.h > > > > Do you mean I should separate file timepps.h into two files? One for > > the kernel and one for the userland? > > > Well, Im sure you are dealing with some of the Linux Kernel people, so its > whatever they want. But dont be surprised if they ask for a *.h file thats > ONLY > for Kernel use. And I have NO idea how you would get the USER version into > the Linux distribution itself. According to this suggestion I've modified the LinuxPPS code. Please refere to the GIT repository and the LinuxPPS wiki for further info. Now I hope LinuxPPS can be ready for the Linux source tree! :) Ciao, Rodolfo -- GNU/Linux Solutions e-mail: giometti@enneenne.com Linux Device Driver giometti@gnudd.com Embedded Systems giometti@linux.it UNIX programming phone: +39 349 2432127