Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:11:56 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Telecom Clock driver for MPCBL0010 ATCA compute blade. |
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Hi!
> The following is a driver I would like to see included in the base kernel. > > It allows OS controll of a device that synchronizes signaling hardware across a ATCA chassis. > > The telecom clock hardware doesn't interact much with the operating system, and is controlled > via registers in the FPGA on the hardware. It is hardware that is unique to this computer.
Now... it is probably not feasible, but: why does it need special interface to userland? Could not it simply act as yet another timesource, and be controlled via get/settimeofday?
Pavel -- 64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51 time=448769.1 ms
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