Re: [PATCH 0/2] [RFC] posix clock tuning

Richard Cochran
2010-09-05T07:20:41Z

On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 08:22:40AM +0200, Richard Cochran wrote:
> At this point, I think it is clear that, in order to support IEEE
> 1588, some kind of changes are needed. I have argued and discussed the

Just to be absolutely clear, I should have said, "hardare clocks for
IEEE 1588." The aim of the patch set is to support a new kind of
hardware.

> Having said that, if you are convinced that the existing interfaces
> are good enough to support PTP (and possible future methods, as

Again, I meant "PTP hardware clocks."

When I get some more time, I'll try to put together an executive
summary of PTP and of all the discussions that have taken place over
the last few months on linux-netdev and the lkml.

Richard