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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2006-11-27 04:11:50 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2006-11-27 04:11:50 +0000 |
commit | da5ae7e4a32aa92b7fcf0a3ea38d47e56fc5711c (patch) | |
tree | 182febf44ca0950b430df1704ee9d595e17bc0a8 /www | |
parent | 04c85e2421bf3b991ef248a000d305f9446c4ace (diff) | |
download | gpsd-da5ae7e4a32aa92b7fcf0a3ea38d47e56fc5711c.tar.gz |
Change the configurator method to take a packet sequence number argument...
...the same way probe_subtype does, and for the same reason.
Diffstat (limited to 'www')
-rw-r--r-- | www/writing-a-driver.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/www/writing-a-driver.xml b/www/writing-a-driver.xml index afea4f3b..305e8f34 100644 --- a/www/writing-a-driver.xml +++ b/www/writing-a-driver.xml @@ -565,9 +565,12 @@ store information about the software version in member structure <userinput>struct gps_device_t *session</userinput>.</para> <para><structfield>.configurator</structfield> points to a block of code -that sets up the device to deliver the correct set of sentences +that should set up the device to deliver the correct set of sentences to supply the parser with the data needed by -<filename>gpsd</filename>.</para> +<filename>gpsd</filename>. Like the +<structfield>.probe_subtype</structfield> method, a second sequence +number argument allows you to intersperse your configuration sends +with early packet receipts.</para> <para><structfield>.get_packet</structfield> points to a block of code that actually gets the packets from the serial stream. You will |