Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] gnss: add new GNSS subsystem | From | Marcel Holtmann <> | Date | Wed, 25 Apr 2018 08:49:49 +0200 |
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Hi Pavel,
>> This series adds a new subsystem for GNSS receivers (e.g. GPS >> receivers). > > Actually... I'd just call it GPS subsystem. Yes, GPS is a bit > misleading, but so is GNSS. We'd like Loran to use similar interface, > right? We'd like to QZSS to use similar interface, too…
GNSS is the term that is known and used by everybody in the industry to identify GPS, GLONASS, Galileo etc.
> https://www.pcworld.com/article/205325/japan_launches_its_first_gps_satellite.html > . QZSS is not _global_ positioning system. Still they call it GPS. I'd > call it GPS too. > > (Alternatively, we could have drivers/position and /dev/pos0...) > > Looking closer... I'm not sure if it makes sense to push different > protocols (SiRF, NMEA, ...) through one device. Userland should know > what protocol to expect... Yes, there will be common code between > /dev/nmea0 and /dev/sirf0…
Device node naming is pointless, use DEVTYPE uevent property for identifying the expected protocol.
Regards
Marcel
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