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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2014-08-29 07:47:01 -0400 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2014-08-29 07:47:01 -0400 |
| commit | ac0412ff0b99d76db40f8072810f52f9ccd2e17b (patch) | |
| tree | ba0ca5833ad506450995335446c993097488cdb9 /driver_sirf.c | |
| parent | b411c2a6faea5932b593c7fde586c28918bea7ec (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-ac0412ff0b99d76db40f8072810f52f9ccd2e17b.tar.gz | |
Add some warnings about SiRF-IV flakiness, and remove a related TO-DO item.
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| -rw-r--r-- | driver_sirf.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/driver_sirf.c b/driver_sirf.c index a0899e31..b1eda6fc 100644 --- a/driver_sirf.c +++ b/driver_sirf.c @@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ * If it's no longer implemented on your receiver, messages * 7, 28, 29 and 30 will give you the same information." * + * There is a known problem with the SiRF IV: it is prone to freeze + * when being switched back to NMEA mode from SiRF binary. The + * failure is randomly flaky, you may get away with several mode + * flips before triggering it. Powering off the device resets and + * unfreezes it. We have tries waiting on command acknowledges as + * the manual advises; this does not fix the problem. + * * This file is Copyright (c) 2010 by the GPSD project * BSD terms apply: see the file COPYING in the distribution root for details. */ |