Re: [Linuxptp-users] strange behavior with free_running regarding offset display

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

On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 03:48:24PM +0000, Holzinger, Axel  (ALC NetworX GmbH) wrote:
> Does it make sense to print the offset error of the PHC when it's free running?

(Sometimes it does ;)

1. I often use "free_running 1" with software time stamping to test my
   NTP performance against a local GPS GM clock.

2. When developing a GPS GM with hardware time stamping and a PHC, it
   is interesting to steer the PHC with the GPS PPS, and check the
   result with another GPS GM with ptp4l free running.

So YRMV with the free running error statistics. Sometimes they don't
make sense.

One new feature idea is programmable output strings... patches?

Thanks,
Richard