mod_timer(&ktimer, jiffies + HZ);
 }
 
-/*
- * The echo function
- */
-
-static void pps_ktimer_echo(struct pps_device *pps, int event, void *data)
-{
-       dev_info(pps->dev, "echo %s %s\n",
-               event & PPS_CAPTUREASSERT ? "assert" : "",
-               event & PPS_CAPTURECLEAR ? "clear" : "");
-}
-
 /*
  * The PPS info struct
  */
        .mode           = PPS_CAPTUREASSERT | PPS_OFFSETASSERT |
                          PPS_ECHOASSERT |
                          PPS_CANWAIT | PPS_TSFMT_TSPEC,
-       .echo           = pps_ktimer_echo,
        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
 
        return;
 }
 
-/* the PPS echo function */
-static void pps_echo(struct pps_device *pps, int event, void *data)
-{
-       dev_info(pps->dev, "echo %s %s\n",
-               event & PPS_CAPTUREASSERT ? "assert" : "",
-               event & PPS_CAPTURECLEAR ? "clear" : "");
-}
-
 static void parport_attach(struct parport *port)
 {
        struct pps_client_pp *device;
                                  PPS_OFFSETASSERT | PPS_OFFSETCLEAR | \
                                  PPS_ECHOASSERT | PPS_ECHOCLEAR | \
                                  PPS_CANWAIT | PPS_TSFMT_TSPEC,
-               .echo           = pps_echo,
                .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
                .dev            = NULL
        };
 
        ts->sec += offset->sec;
 }
 
+static void pps_echo_client_default(struct pps_device *pps, int event,
+               void *data)
+{
+       dev_info(pps->dev, "echo %s %s\n",
+               event & PPS_CAPTUREASSERT ? "assert" : "",
+               event & PPS_CAPTURECLEAR ? "clear" : "");
+}
+
 /*
  * Exported functions
  */
                err = -EINVAL;
                goto pps_register_source_exit;
        }
-       if ((info->mode & (PPS_ECHOASSERT | PPS_ECHOCLEAR)) != 0 &&
-                       info->echo == NULL) {
-               pr_err("%s: echo function is not defined\n",
-                                       info->name);
-               err = -EINVAL;
-               goto pps_register_source_exit;
-       }
        if ((info->mode & (PPS_TSFMT_TSPEC | PPS_TSFMT_NTPFP)) == 0) {
                pr_err("%s: unspecified time format\n",
                                        info->name);
        pps->params.mode = default_params;
        pps->info = *info;
 
+       /* check for default echo function */
+       if ((pps->info.mode & (PPS_ECHOASSERT | PPS_ECHOCLEAR)) &&
+                       pps->info.echo == NULL)
+               pps->info.echo = pps_echo_client_default;
+
        init_waitqueue_head(&pps->queue);
        spin_lock_init(&pps->lock);