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List:       gpsd-users
Subject:    [Gpsd-users] [PATCH] Re: Garmin GPS almost never sends new
From:       gem () rellim ! com (Gary E !  Miller)
Date:       2006-09-24 23:01:56
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.64.0609241556550.30456 () catbert ! rellim ! com
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Yo Eivind!

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Eivind Tagseth wrote:

> I'd just like to say that I really appreciate you spending all this time
> on my problem!

And I really appreciate you sticking with it.  We both want to get this
solved in a permanent and reliable fashion.

> > That is the spec.  Anything else is just broken.  It is also the observed
> > behavior on all systems but yours.  The kernel guys either need to change
> > the spec of make the results conform to the spec.
>
> But the spec specifies how to read directly from the usb device.  gpsd
> doesn't read directly from a usb device, but through a tty layer.  As
> such, the spec is almost irelevant.  As long as gpsd doesn't access the
> USB device directly we cannot simply just go by spec, and by going
> through the tty layer _we_ must adjust ourselves to how the tty layer works.

I am talking about the garmin kernel driver spec, which follows the
Garmin data spec.  I wish I could point you to it, but a lot of
stuff from the garmin kernel driver is missing from sourceforge.

It looks like both you and Mike are on 2.6.17.  I have avoided 2.6.17 due
to the NVIDIA issues.  I'll try to update to 2.6.18 tonight and see if I can
duplicate this issue.  If I can duplicate it then I will work on changing
the mode that the garmin/gpsd driver uses to talk to the kernel.

RGDS
GARY
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Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701
	gem at rellim.com  Tel:+1(541)382-8588

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