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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2011-09-17 19:26:28 -0400 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2011-09-17 19:26:28 -0400 |
commit | 4fc47f0c9f25834363c2a5043ce6141ca5b971b2 (patch) | |
tree | 507234ff7a5cd8ff875b533dba114c0e1c79cd22 /INSTALL | |
parent | e38de2f8908fc56ba190f3396f1ba0f8ddb8757c (diff) | |
download | gpsd-4fc47f0c9f25834363c2a5043ce6141ca5b971b2.tar.gz |
Slight revision of some advice.
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@@ -63,24 +63,24 @@ relating to implicit_links in the scons recipe; you probably need to build with implicit_links=no. And report your platform, ideally along with a way of identifying it from Python, to the gpsd maintainers. -For mice using an RS-232 port (which is no longer common) you will need -serial-port support compiled into your kernel. Various USB-to-serial -adapter chips found in GPSes require specific drivers. Under a stock -Linux kernel these will load on demand whren the USB system sees the -appropriate vendor/product ID combinations. If you are custom-building -a Linux kernel for embedded deployment, you will need some subset of -the following modules: +For GPSes using an RS-232 port (which is no longer common) you will +need serial-port support compiled into your kernel. Various +USB-to-serial adapter chips found in GPSes require specific +drivers. Under a stock Linux kernel these will load on demand whren +the USB system sees the appropriate vendor/product ID combinations. +If you are custom-building a Linux kernel for embedded deployment, you +will need some subset of the following modules: pl2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port ftdi_sio FTDI 8U232AM / FT232 cypress_m8 M8/CY7C64013 cp210x Cygnal Integrated Products devices garmin_gps Garmin USB mice including GPS-18 -cdc_am USB Communication Device Class Abstract Control Model interface +cdc_am USB Communication Device Class Abstract Control Model interface -These are listed in rough order of devices covered; the PL23203 by itself -accounts for over 70% of deployed USB mice. We recommend building with -pl2303, ftdi_sio, cypress_m8, and cp210x. +These are listed in rough order of devices covered as of 2011; the +PL23203 by itself accounts for over 70% of deployed USB mice. We +recommend building with pl2303, ftdi_sio, cypress_m8, and cp210x. For building from the source tree, or if you change the man page source, xslt and docbook xsl style files are used to generate nroff |