Achim Gratz via devel :
> In other words, while there may have been blobs there, none of them were
> actually in NTPd.
The fact that they had to be linked to the kernel rather than being in
userland made them *worse* security risks. Those were the first
drivers I dropped.
> > Whatever your thre
Achim Gratz via devel :
> True, however the "cheap GPS connected over USB" one can actually buy
> are mostly using USB serials that don't even allow DCD to be handed
> through and hence have no PPS. PPS over USB serial is still rare to find.
Not any more. You can buy them from Mark on Etsy for $
Eric S. Raymond via devel writes:
> Achim Gratz via devel :
>> Eric S. Raymond via devel writes:
>> > * It has 2ms jitter, way worse than a cheap GPS these days.
>>
>> That is actually much better than what most of the cheap GPS deliver
>> when connected over USB.
>
> You may be a bit behind the c
Eric S. Raymond via devel writes:
> You've forgotten much, then. I remind you of the Type 2 Bancomm, the
> Type 45 Spectracom TSync PCI, and the Type 16 Bancomm GPS/IRIG
> Receiver.
Type 2 was actually the venerable Trak GPS, which was available in a
number of output configurations. NTPd probably
