Re: [Linuxptp-users] UtcOffset (leap seconds)

[Keller, J. E <jac...@in...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Cochran [mailto:ric...@gm...]
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:31 AM
> To: Keller, Jacob E
> Cc: lin...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Linuxptp-users] UtcOffset (leap seconds)
> 
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:35:40PM +0000, Keller, Jacob E wrote:
> 

> > Is it correct to not properly configure the ptp4l clock when it is
> > in fallback mode, or should it be changed to update the clock
> > settings when it goes to master mode as a fallback? Normally the
> > clock would go to grandmaster mode because there are no other clocks
> > on the network with higher priority.. But it never does this in
> > fallback mode, because it never receives an announce message at all.
> 
> I think the right thing would be to initialize the time properties in
> clock.tds in clock_create(). In that way, if a port enters into master
> state by default, the data set values will be correct.
> 
> I will add this soon (or please post a patch if you DIY).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Richard
> 

Yes this seems correct. I can probably make a patch if you haven't done it already.

Jake