Re: [gpsd-dev] SHM code

[Eric S. Raymond]

Harlan Stenn <address@hidden>:
> Folks have chatted about things they'd like to see in an improved SHM
> interface.
> 
> Please add ideas and comments at:
> 
>  http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Dev/RefclockShmV2

Registration requirements are annoying.

Please include a version number as first field so future report
sources can be written with forward portability.

Please use ISO/POSIX fixed-sized types for the fields to address the data
interchange problem.

Please publish the header layout as a .h file containing
clockTimeStampSec and other required types, called something like
ntpshm.h, and ship it for inclusion with compilers and libraries.

The dummy field is useful; a segment-in-use flag can live there (though
the GPSD implementation does not currently do this).  Some field 
space reserved for use as client flags would be nice.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>