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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2005-01-16 06:43:23 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2005-01-16 06:43:23 +0000
commitd3ac3875d24b4476c68e599ee4a2364f92c3a0eb (patch)
treeba7eed6fe8dfdb607855b283fe98664a7801b245 /libgps.xml
parent0919c81e4dd3284b72598eda63d4f9f46d29c502 (diff)
downloadgpsd-d3ac3875d24b4476c68e599ee4a2364f92c3a0eb.tar.gz
Back out the reconnect patch.
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+++ b/libgps.xml
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ interface that goes through
and is intended for concurrent use by several applications, and one
low-level interface that speaks directly with the serial or USB device
to which the GPS is attached. This page describes the high-level
-interface that is safe for multiple applications to use
-simultaneously; it is probably the one you want. The low-level
-interface is documented at
+interface is safe for multiple applications to use simultaneously; it
+is probably the one you want. The low-level interface is documented
+at
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>libgps</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
<para>Calling <function>gpsd_open()</function> initializes a GPS-data
@@ -106,11 +106,6 @@ user has issued an 'R' or 'W' command with
to the client. If the third argument is non-NULL, it is used as a
hook function to be called on each line of streamed data. </para>
-<para>The <function>gpsd_query()</function> and
-<function>gpsd_poll()</function> functions attempt to reconnect to the
-daemon if the connection to it has been lost
-(<errorname>EBADF</errorname> error).</para>
-
<para>Several member groups within the GPS-data structure have
last-modified timestamps and change-flag members associated with them;
these get updated on each query or poll as well.
@@ -132,11 +127,6 @@ released when it is garbage-collected.</para>
</para>
</refsect1>
-<refsect1 id='bugs'><title>BUGS</title>
-<para>The C reconnect support uses the <varname>errno</varname> global,
-and is therefore not thread-safe in the presence of frequent reconnects.</para>
-</refsect1>
-
<refsect1 id='author'><title>AUTHOR</title>
<para>Eric S. Raymond &lt;esr@thyrsus.com&gt;.</para>
</refsect1>