[Soekris] MiniPCI GPS on Net4526

[Robert]

We are planning to connect a few of them to roving Soekris boxes on vans
to map the AP coverage on our site to get a better idea were coverage
is.



On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 14:54 -0500, RB wrote:
> I've been fantastically happy with my BR355, but it's still the SiRF
> StarIII chipset - no problem for me there.  As long as you're using a
> *BSD or a Linux, GPSd should work fine in your OS of choice, and
> speaks SiRF binary just fine.  Even has a SHM output driver for NTP,
> if you plan on using it as a time source.  I've never heavily tested
> it's accuracy for timing, but location has been great: the first GPS
> system I've tested that I could get a solid in a commercial aircraft
> without sticking the puck out in the window.
> 
> I've got to wonder, though - how much of a driver would it take (if
> any) to recognize a device presenting 3 UARTs over the PCI bus?  It
> says they are "16C950" UARTs, which seem to be supported by the Linux
> & BSD in-kernel drivers.  Not being a driver developer, I'm wondering
> if those wouldn't just be automagically picked up and presented as
> serial devices...  Can anyone more familiar with UART handling come to
> bear on the subject?
> 
> 
> RB