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<sect1 id="drivers.c"><title><filename>drivers.c</filename></title>
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<entry>Functions:-</entry><entry>This is the main driver for NMEA, both plain vanilla and any manufacturer specific variety of NMEA output. This is NOT where manufacturer specific binary matters are handled.</entry>
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<entry spanname='s1' align='left'>Notes based on cde as of Mon Apr 5 21:38:06 2010 -0400.</entry>
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<entry><function>ssize_t generic_get(struct gps_device_t *session)</function></entry>
<entry><para>This is a wrapper to call the real packet getter function, <function>packet_get()</function>.</para></entry>
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<entry><function>ssize_t pass_rtcm(struct gps_device_t *session, char *buf, size_t rtcmbytes)</function></entry>
<entry><para>This writes the rtcm data to the device.</para></entry>
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<entry><function>gps_mask_t nmea_parse_input(struct gps_device_t *session)</function></entry>
<entry><para>If the packet is a comment packet, ignore it and return 0.</para><para>If it is one of several binary packets, issue a warning to that effect.</para><para>If the relevant driver exists, switch to that driver and get it to parse the packet. The return value is that of the binary parser.</para><para>If the driver does not exist, ignore the packet and return 0.</para><para>If after all this, it is likely to be an NMEA packet, so try to parse it with the NMEA parser. If that returns a 0 (unsuccessful), then check if it is a trigger packet for one of the triggerable drivers.</para><para>If this succeeds, return 1, otherwise issue an unrecognised packet error.</para><para>Finally checks are made against openBSD's NMEA Line Discipline to make use of timestamping and if ntpd synchronising is active, the time is passed to the ntp daemon.</para></entry>
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<entry><function>static void nmea_probe_subtype(struct gps_device_t *session, unsigned int seq)</function></entry>
<entry><para>This tries to probe for the NMEA mode of several popular chipsets. Most are detected by a trigger string.</para></entry>
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<entry><para>Several functions are omitted which are device specific. These are not covered here since they ARE device specific.</para></entry>
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<entry><function>static gps_mask_t rtcm104_analyze(struct gps_device_t *session)</function></entry>
<entry><para>This function calls <function>rtcm_unpack()</function> to unpack rtcm packets into the session buffer.</para></entry>
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<entry> </entry>
<entry><para>The last important thing in this code is an array of addresses, one for each compiled-in driver. This address gets us to the <quote>capabilities</quote> table in the bottom of each driver where we find what functions a driver supports and the entry address for each function.</para></entry>
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