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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2006-10-29 05:35:46 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2006-10-29 05:35:46 +0000 |
commit | 1c2640ac0755c453ea9b265793ee7b06939f5a87 (patch) | |
tree | 3e252c5e3725ae825999a7f26e56b6d00ef06279 /www | |
parent | e570d1e1839d2f98d604d99fb1c366a87d2026b3 (diff) | |
download | gpsd-1c2640ac0755c453ea9b265793ee7b06939f5a87.tar.gz |
Minor documentation tweaks.
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diff --git a/www/hacking.html b/www/hacking.html index 9bdcf9ad..13b4d140 100644 --- a/www/hacking.html +++ b/www/hacking.html @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ source distribution.</p> <li><a href="#designahead">Designing Ahead</a></li> <ol> <li><a href="#nonpvt">Non-PVT Data</a></li> -<li><a href="#protov4">Design Sketch for Version 4 Protocol</a></li> +<li><a href="#protov4">Design Sketch for GPSD-NG, the Next-Generation GPSD Protocol</a></li> </ol> <li><a href="#blindalleys">Blind alleys</a></li> <ol> @@ -1162,15 +1162,17 @@ type as revealed by I, how to interpret and label the data in the private-use fields.</p> <p>If we go for alternative (2), the first consequence is that we -actually have to implement a Version 4 protocol. The existing GPSD +actually have to implement a next-generation protocol. The existing GPSD protocol is about out of namespace.</p> -<h2 id="protov4">Design Sketch for Version 4 Protocol</h2> +<h2 id="protov4">Design Sketch for GPSD-NG, the Next-Generation GPSD Protocol</h2> <p>There are almost no more letters left in the namespace of the GPSD version 3 protocol. At time of writing in late 2006 we can have one -more command, 'h', and that's it. After that, extending the set -will require a new command/response syntax.</p> +more command, 'h', and that's it. After that, extending the set will +require a new command/response syntax. Some posts in thew dev-list +arcvhive refer to this as "Version 4", but that is a rev level we may +or may not reach before GPSD-NG has to be implemented.</p> <p>Steps towards defining a new syntax have been taken. The senior developers have agreed on a new protocol with a basic sentence syntax diff --git a/www/index.html.in b/www/index.html.in index a08ce6f2..35599bd8 100644 --- a/www/index.html.in +++ b/www/index.html.in @@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ href="http://qpegps.sourceforge.net/">gpeGPS</a>, <a href="http://www.gnustep.it/enrico/position/">position</a> and <a href="http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/index.html">roadmap</a>.</p> -<p>Under Linux, gpsd normally runs with zero configuration. The RPM -installs hotplug scripts that do the right thing when a USB device -goes active, launching <code>gpsd</code> if needed and telling -<code>gpsd</code> which device to read data from. Then, -<code>gpsd</code> deduces a baud rate and GPS type by looking at the -data stream.</p> +<p>Under Linux,<code>gpsd</code> normally runs with zero +configuration. The RPM installs hotplug scripts that do the right +thing when a USB device goes active, launching <code>gpsd</code> if +needed and telling <code>gpsd</code> which device to read data from. +Then, <code>gpsd</code> deduces a baud rate and GPS type by looking at +the data stream.</p> <p><code>gpsd</code> is high-quality, carefully-audited code. It is regularly checked with the standard mode of <a href='http://www.splint.org'>splint</a>, |