Re: [gpsd-dev] RC for DRIFT message

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 00:30:47 -0800
Hal Murray <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> > The idea of writing a HOWTO is an excellent one, thank you.  I
> > believe I am well equipped to do it, and it would be good
> > battlespace preparation for redesigning the reporting mechanism to
> > NTP. 
> 
> Please don't limit yourself to NTP.  That's all the current SHM 
> implementation supports, but there is no reason that all the
> navigation info currently sent via JSON/TCP can't be passed via SHM,
> Pipes, or IPC queues. (There might be practical size limits I don't
> know about.)

3.12 also passes gps_device_t as shmid: 0x47505344 (GPSD).  Until
it gets some use no way to say it is solid yet.

> You might think about ways to plot other stuff, say temperature.

Yeah, motherboard temp might be a proxy for motherboard crystal.  I
see strong temp effects on my timekeeping.

RGDS
GARY
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