Re: [gpsd-dev] SiRF IV flakiness explored

[Drew from Zhrodague]

On 8/29/14 7:04 AM, address@hidden (Eric S. Raymond) wrote:
> My conclusion:  This is neither a problem in GPSD nor a problem GPSD
> can solve. There is some kind of race condition in the SiRF-IV
> firmware that cannot be prevented by waiting for ACKs.  The best we
> can do is warn users that this chip is flaky.  Which is probably a
> good idea anyway, as it trades away sensitivity in order to reduce
> its power draw and is poor at getting fixes without a clear skyview.

	I have one of these El Cheapo SiRF-IV GPS units on my roof, and I have 
it setup with gpsd. I've noticed that it doesn't work so well in
SiRF-mode, and I generally force it to NMEA mode on startup to get it
working (at all).

	Are there any recent updates that make the SiRF binary worK? Is it any 
improvement over NMEA to use the SiRF binary mode? I'm using this 
version of gpsd:

gpsd: 3.11~dev (revision release-3.10-181-gd6b65b4)

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Drew from Zhrodague
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