Re: [Linuxptp-users] Need help : new to PTP testing

[Richard C. <ric...@gm...>]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 04:28:39PM +0530, Rayagond Kokatanur wrote:
> I am new to PTP implementation and testing.

...

> 6. I ran following commands ...

Up until this point, you did everything just right.
 
> $ptp4l -i eth0 -p /dev/ptp0
> 
> ie I choose my system ad PTP master and it is sending the SYNC messages and
> all.

I would do

   ptp4l -i eth0 -p /dev/ptp0 -m -q

then you will see all the messages that show the estimated offset from
master. You can also add '-s' to force slave-only mode.

> I am not getting how to use -f option and what is the configuration file
> etc.

For simple testing, you don't need the configuration file at all.

HTH,
Richard