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Subject: Re: Looking for ntp/PPS setup guide
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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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