On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 05:35:12PM +0200, Paul Chavent wrote: > Signed-off-by: Paul Chavent <paul.chavent@xxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/pps/pps.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ > drivers/usb/serial/generic.c | 9 +++++++++ > 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/pps/pps.txt b/Documentation/pps/pps.txt > index d35dcdd..67b9a94 100644 > --- a/Documentation/pps/pps.txt > +++ b/Documentation/pps/pps.txt > @@ -66,6 +66,21 @@ In LinuxPPS the PPS sources are simply char devices usually mapped > into files /dev/pps0, /dev/pps1, etc.. > > > +PPS with USB to serial devices > +------------------------------ > + > +It is possible to grab the PPS from an USB to serial device. However, > +you should take into account the latencies and jitter introduced by > +the USB stack. Users has reported clock instability around +-1ms when > +synchronized with PPS through USB. This isn't suited for time server > +synchronisation. > + > +If your device doesn't report PPS, you can check that the feature is > +supported by its driver. Most of the time, you only need to add a call > +to usb_serial_handle_dcd_change after checking the DCD status (see > +ch341 and pl2303 examples). > + > + > Coding example > -------------- > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c > index 1f31e6b..877d6e0 100644 > --- a/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c > +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/generic.c > @@ -568,6 +568,15 @@ void usb_serial_handle_dcd_change(struct usb_serial_port *usb_port, > { > struct tty_port *port = &usb_port->port; > > + if (tty) { > + struct tty_ldisc *ld = tty_ldisc_ref(tty); > + if (ld) { > + if (ld->ops->dcd_change) > + ld->ops->dcd_change(tty, status); > + tty_ldisc_deref(ld); > + } > + } > + > dev_dbg(&usb_port->dev, "%s - status %d\n", __func__, status); Please add your ldisc handling after the debug statement. Thanks, Johan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html