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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2005-03-18 19:25:07 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2005-03-18 19:25:07 +0000 |
commit | 2bb8aa3ea9581f6ad5807a13b6e7544e95e6b091 (patch) | |
tree | 5f16221be48f47af221aead06c3c8df1e3aa208b /libgpsd.xml | |
parent | ad6d5f9b546cd0adc70ddc1d1780c4203d0ea42f (diff) | |
download | gpsd-2bb8aa3ea9581f6ad5807a13b6e7544e95e6b091.tar.gz |
Daemon no longer depends on the raw hook to trigger watcher notifications.
Instead, the packet parser returns a flag set telling what has changed;
publication to watchers is driven by that.
Diffstat (limited to 'libgpsd.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | libgpsd.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libgpsd.xml b/libgpsd.xml index d9d6028a..06310e17 100644 --- a/libgpsd.xml +++ b/libgpsd.xml @@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ of its members.</para> <varlistentry> <term><structfield>baudrate</structfield></term> <listitem> -<para>Communication speed in bits per second. The default is set by -the driver type. For NMEA devices, the library automatically -hunts through all plausible baud rates, stoppong on the one where -it sees valid NMEA </para> +<para>Communication speed in bits per second. For NMEA or SiRF devices, the +library automatically hunts through all plausible baud rates, stopping +on the one where it sees valid packets. By setting this field you can +designate a speed to be tried at the front of the hunt queue</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> @@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ activity requiring the GPS, and re-acquire it later.</para> <para><function>gpsd_poll()</function> queries the GPS and updates the part of the session structure that holds position, speed, GPS signal quality, and other data returned -by the GPS. It returns the number of characters waiting (-1 if the -GPS is inaccessible)</para> +by the GPS. It returns a mask describing which fields have changed.</para> <para><function>gpsd_wrap()</function> ends the session, implicitly performing a |