Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] gnss: add new GNSS subsystem

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On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 03:33:41PM +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> > Am 31.05.2018 um 13:47 schrieb Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> > Using pps-gpio would not allow you to describe the hardware properly,
> > something which, for example, may be needed for power management (e.g.
> > to power on the GNSS receiver when the pps device is being accessed).
> 
> Yes, that is indeed a very valid reason to do it that way as the pps-gpio
> seems to assume an always-on impulse source.
> 
> On the other hand it looks as if the pps framework can't tell the
> source when to power on/off because it does not notify when it
> is being accessed or not:
> 
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v4.17-rc7/source/drivers/pps/pps.c#L305

Yeah, we may need to address that when/if we get there.

Thanks,
Johan
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