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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2004-08-14 21:20:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2004-08-14 21:20:23 +0000 |
| commit | d52126309dc963bbcb3e1e42a2ccd958379e7c69 (patch) | |
| tree | ed9589a84bade84a21c2d235d6180d3187d54b91 | |
| parent | d557afe1fb26866730322a1e84f66882bfc6a3d0 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-d52126309dc963bbcb3e1e42a2ccd958379e7c69.tar.gz | |
Explain the known problems with the BU-2303.
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 6 |
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@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ It uses the same library code as gpsd. gpsd is tested with DeLorme's TripMate, EarthMate and Garmin units. Also with the BU-303 USB GPS sold as the NaviLock, Deluo, and Hyperdata. - +Note that the PL2303 USB serial driver used with the BU-2303 seems +to have been broken sometime late in the 2.4.x series of Linux kernels +and was not fixed until 2.6.7. If in doubt, upgrade. CREDITS @@ -94,7 +96,9 @@ New features include: raw mode. * Massive refactoring -- one main loop now calls a self-contained driver object for each type. + * Internals can now be directly linked as a library, libgpsd(3). * Cleaned-up error reporting, we don't use syslog when running in foreground but send all error and status messages to the tty instead. + * xgpsspeed is working again. Eric S. Raymond, 11 Aug 2004 |