From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 11/13] time sync: generic infrastructure to map between time stamps generated by a clock source and system time Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:05:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20081112.020526.12289148.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1226414697.17450.852.camel@ecld0pohly> <1226415447.31699.10.camel@ecld0pohly> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, opurdila@ixiacom.com, shemminger@vyatta.com, netdev@axxeo.de, ak@linux.intel.com, john.ronciak@intel.com, dada1@cosmosbay.com, oliver@hartkopp.net To: patrick.ohly@intel.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:36748 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751716AbYKLKF1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:05:27 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1226415447.31699.10.camel@ecld0pohly> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Patrick Ohly Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 10:58:39 +0100 > Currently only mapping from clock source to system time is implemented. > The interface could have been made more versatile by not depending on a clock source, > but this wasn't done to avoid writing glue code elsewhere. > > The method implemented here is the one used and analyzed under the name > "assisted PTP" in the LCI PTP paper: > http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/conferences/archive/2008/PDF/Ohly_92221.pdf > > Signed-off-by: Patrick Ohly Like patch 9, this will need a full review on linux-kernel