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-rw-r--r--timebase.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/timebase.c b/timebase.c
index 04bb9236..e4c8df82 100644
--- a/timebase.c
+++ b/timebase.c
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ available.
get the device to report it. The latter is not a given; SiRFs before
firmware rev 2.3.2 don't report it unless special subframe data reporting
is enabled, which requires 38400bps. Evermore GPSes can't be made to
-report it at all.
+report it at all. Furthermore, before the almanac load the GPS may report
+a fixed (and possibly out of date) offset.
Conclusion: if the system clock isn't accurate enough that we can deduce
what rollover period we're in, we're utterly hosed. Furthermore, if it's