Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] doc: add PTP IDPF documentation

Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-20T14:35:07Z

On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 02:07:58 -0400
Soumyadeep Hore <soumyadeep.hore@intel.com> wrote:

> Updated the IDPF Documentation with PTP feature.
>
> Signed-off-by: Soumyadeep Hore <soumyadeep.hore@intel.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/nics/idpf.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/idpf.rst b/doc/guides/nics/idpf.rst
> index b99cc18188..e76632904b 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/idpf.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/idpf.rst
> @@ -109,3 +109,19 @@ The paths are chosen based on 2 conditions:
> A value "P" means the offload feature is not supported by vector path.
> If any not supported features are used, idpf vector PMD is disabled
> and the scalar paths are chosen.
> +
> +Time Synchronisation
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +The system operator can run a PTP (Precision Time Protocol) client application
> +to synchronise the time on the network card in ACC
> +(and optionally the time on the system) to the PTP master.
> +

NAK
Don't use master. DPDK has switched over to the later terminolgy