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

[Holzinger, A. (A. N. GmbH) <Axe...@al...>]

On Wed, 2015-01-07 at 17:27 +0100, Richard Cochran wrote:
> So YRMV with the free running error statistics. Sometimes they
> don't make sense.

Thanks for the explanation. I think I remember that running in gPTP mode I didn't saw the huge (offset) numbers, so it might be that on this system the PHC was running on TAI initially.

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

Good answer :-) Got us!

Well this would lead to additional configuration params I guess. We'll keep that in mind if we stumble over this another time. Using free running mode was just a test to see if results differ significantly.

Thanks a lot!
Axel