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Date:      Mon, 2 Aug 2004 11:54:04 +1000
From:      Richard Perini <rpp@ci.com.au>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Looking for ntp/PPS setup guide
Message-ID:  <20040802115404.A8203@mippet.ci.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <200408020015.KAA29231@lightning.itga.com.au>; from gnb@itga.com.au on Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 10:15:45AM %2B1000
References:  <200408020015.KAA29231@lightning.itga.com.au>

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On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 10:15:45AM +1000, Gregory Bond wrote:
> 
> Thanks all for the enlightening response.  There is one bit I still don't get: 
> How do I tell the kernel which port to look for the PPS signal on with
> PPS_SYNC?
	
	Greg,

	(FreeBSD-4-Stable)
	I use "device	pps" in the kernel config file, and a MAKEDEV pps
	makes the /dev node.  The pps signal is taken to a pin on the parallel
	port. (I think the ACK pin, but I'm guessing without pulling the 
	connector apart which I can't do at the moment).  

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