Harlan Stenn wrote: >>>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jeff W. Boote" >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jeff> The bc637PCI-U looks interesting - but the refclock driver patch has > Jeff> not been integrated into even the last development version of > Jeff> ntp. (And with this many systems - we really want to minimize > locally Jeff> applied patches to any of the software.) > > Oh, I see it now, http://ntp.isc.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=421 . > > I'll check with Rob and see if it's ready to go. > > Jeff> The Meinberg GPS169PCI also looked interesting, but I have not yet > Jeff> been able to determine if it would be supported on FreeBSD. > > If Meinberg is not in a position to test this themselves and we can get a > card, I have FreeBSD machine where a developer can test it.
Unfortunately we have not yet a driver for FreeBSD. However, the driver source code is separated into a library which supports a bunch of operating systems, and an OS-dependent part which contains a driver skeleton as required by the OS and then makes calls to the library functions. This is how it works for Linux, and the Linux driver is available as source code on our download page: http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/index.htm#linux I'm the maintainer of that driver and library, but I don't have any experience with FreeBSD drivers, yet. What would be required is just a skeleton for a FreeBSD kernel driver which scans the PCI bus (if FreeBSD is non-PNP) or implements a PCI card initialization function (if FreeBSD is plug-n-play; our driver library supports both methods). The driver must also implement an interrupt service function, and a couple of IOCTL handlers. If anyone is interested to provide such a driver skeleton I'd be happy to merge it with the library code to get a full-featured driver. BTW, the current model of our GPS PCI card is GPS170PCI: http://www.meinberg.de/english/products/gps170pci.htm The GPS170PCI implements the same features as the older cards, but has a newer microcontroller on board and provides programmable pulse outputs. Martin -- Martin Burnicki Meinberg Funkuhren Bad Pyrmont Germany _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
