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Re: New GNSS driver in Linux 5.17
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Gary E. Miller |
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Re: New GNSS driver in Linux 5.17 |
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Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:00:14 -0800 |
Yo TarotApprentice!
On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:19:40 +0000 (UTC)
TarotApprentice <tarotapprentice@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Reading the news at Phoronix and it seems there is a new GNSS USB
> driver in Linux 5.17. Link:
> https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.17-char-misc
The article overstates things. A lot I looked at the patch. All it
really does is add another USB ID (vid/pid) to an existing USB serial
driver.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/12/20/1155
There is a "GNSS driver" in the linux kernel, avaoid it at all costs...
RGDS
GARY
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