Re: [Linuxptp-users] Help Needed about Transparent Clock

[Akhil N. <akh...@tc...>]

Dear jake,
On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 18:17 +0000, Keller, Jacob E wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Cochran [mailto:ric...@gm...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:21 AM
> > To: Akhil Nair
> > Cc: lin...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [Linuxptp-users] Help Needed about Transparent Clock
> > 
> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:41:38AM +0530, Akhil Nair wrote:
> > > Dear All,
> > > I want to know about linux ptp whether it supports Transparent Clock
> > and
> > > if it doesn't support it is there any scope of implementation in
> > > future ?
> > 
> > No, transparent clock is not implemented. This would be a major new
> > feature, and I have no plan to start working on it.
> > 
> > > I also want to know that with the hardware and software time
> > stamping
> > > can we get the operation of transparent clock ?
> > 
> > I think SW time stamping cannot be used in a TC.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Richard
> > 
> 
> As far as I know, it cannot. I believe TC also requires the same issue as BC which is multiple ports connected to a  single device?

So you mean to say there is an issue with BC that in BC multiple ports
can not be connected to single device ?

As far as TC it only update the time stamp of the packet and the link
delay so if there are multiple ports also the packet time stamp will be
updated.
> - Jake
> 


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