Re: [Linuxptp-users] Grandmaster Auto-Negotiation and Reconfiguration of phc2sys to ptp4l Synchronization

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

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 11:14:29PM +0000, Harold Lapprich wrote:
> 	9. A background application written by me CheckMasterStatus is
> 	started on each of the system nodes at boot monitoring PTP
> 	status using PMC.

Yes, that is whole point of why the pmc program exists.

> Automatic system recovery is something everyone would want built
> into the clock architecture and therefore manual configuration has
> to be done at system bring-up/boot using 'linuxptp', ptp4l, phcsys
> and pmc (no use for 'timemaster').

Not everyone has the same esoteric requirements you have.  We provide
programs that cover common use cases by default.  However, we do *not*
hard code random assumptions about how people will use PTP.  Intead,
the tools, when used properly, allow you to adapt linuxptp to your
particular scenario.

Richard