Re: [Linuxptp-devel] linuxptp on ubuntu 14.04

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

On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 12:10:50PM +0100, Andrei Perietanu wrote:
> Hi all,
>    I'm trying to get ptp working on my machine (running ubuntu 14.04). I
> followed the instructions on the website but must have missed something:
> when running   *sudo ptp4l -i eth0 -m*    I get the following messages:

...

> ptp4l[433111.558]: timed out while polling for tx timestamp
> ptp4l[433111.558]: increasing tx_timestamp_timeout may correct this issue,
> but it is likely caused by a driver bug

...

> My ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection
> so it should be fine according to what I found online so far...
> Any ideas?

uname -a ?

I would expect the i210 to work out of the box. But there is no
telling how ubuntu has possibly mangled the kernel.

You can try setting tx_timestamp_timeout to 1000 and see if that
helps. (See man ptp4l).

HTH,
Richard

PS this question really belongs on the -users list.