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Description: Document disabled refclocks
The Debian package disables refclocks which were already deprecated when the
package was initially created.
Also, the modem refclock is disabled. It "requires a Hayes-compatible 1200bps
modem, hardware now 20 years obsolete".
gpsd is a tough call. It's not deprecated upstream, and it still can work.
However, upstream recommends the use of SHM, as does every example HOWTO I
found with a quick search. Furthermore, it is buggy:
https://lists.ntpsec.org/pipermail/devel/2016-October/002392.html
Also, it "makes all sorts of non-standard assumptions about how gpsd is
configured. A configuration that is contorted and non-obvious":
https://lists.ntpsec.org/pipermail/devel/2016-October/002392.html
Most importantly, it is an attractive nuisance. If someone is told that the
best practice is to use "gpsd", they might logically think they should use the
gpsd driver.
See the configure step in debian/rules, which specifies the list of refclocks.
Forwarded: not-needed
Origin: vendor
Author: Richard Laager <rlaager@debian.org>
Last-Update: 2019-09-23
--- a/docs/refclock.adoc
+++ b/docs/refclock.adoc
@@ -164,19 +164,19 @@
| Name | Flags | Driver
|link:driver_local.html[local] | - | Undisciplined Local Clock
|link:driver_spectracom.html[spectracom]| D2 | Generic Spectracom Receivers
-|link:driver_truetime.html[truetime] | D2 | TrueTime GPS/GOES Receivers
+|link:driver_truetime.html[truetime] | d2 | TrueTime GPS/GOES Receivers
|link:driver_generic.html[generic] | T | Generic Reference Driver (Parse)
-|link:driver_arbiter.html[arbiter] | D2 | Arbiter 1088A/B GPS Receiver
+|link:driver_arbiter.html[arbiter] | d2 | Arbiter 1088A/B GPS Receiver
|link:driver_modem.html[modem] | - | NIST/USNO/PTB Modem Time Services
|link:driver_nmea.html[nmea] | T | Generic NMEA GPS Receiver
|link:driver_pps.html[pps] | T | PPS Clock Discipline
|link:driver_hpgps.html[hpgps] | T | Hewlett Packard GPS Receivers
|link:driver_shm.html[shm] | T | Shared Memory Driver
|link:driver_trimble.html[trimble] | D | Trimble Palisade/Thunderbolt/Acutime GPSes
-|link:driver_oncore.html[oncore] | D2 | Motorola Oncore GPS
+|link:driver_oncore.html[oncore] | d2 | Motorola Oncore GPS
|link:driver_jjy.html[jjy] | T | JJY Receivers
|link:driver_zyfer.html[zyfer] | - | Zyfer GPStarplus Receiver
-|link:driver_gpsd.html[gpsd] | T | GPSD client protocol
+|link:driver_gpsd.html[gpsd] | d | GPSD client protocol
|====================================================================
The name in the left column is the driver type to be used in the
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@
|====================================================================
|Flag| Meaning
| D | Deprecated. May be removed in a future release
+| d | Disabled in the Debian package.
| T | Regularly tested by an active maintainer (some devices/modes)
| 2 | Returns only 2-digit years. Relies on system clock for century.
|====================================================================
|
