Steve Kostecke wrote:
> On 2008-12-30, Unruh <unruh-s...@physics.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
>> "David J Taylor" <david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>>
>>> I'm no expert! I don't see why my system picks up the PPS from just
>>> the type 20 driver, and yours does not.
>>
>> Because you have the PPS kernel patch installed or it was
>> automatically instaled in BSD? The OP does not and does not want to.
>
> The FreeBSD kernel does not need a "PPS patch". One merely has to
> specify the PPS option at compile time.

Thanks, Steve.  But the FreeBSD 5.3 I had did not include PPS, so that's 
presumably why I needed to (or was advised to) re-compile the kernel. 
Correct?  The out-of-the-box FreeBSD would not have used the PPS data?

Cheers,
David 

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