Re: [Linuxptp-users] v1.7 / v 1.8 differences.

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

On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 08:53:51PM +0000, Ian Thompson wrote:
> We are running some embedded boards based on the Altera SOC with its stmicro/stmmac.
> 
> The v1.7 code runs well.

> I've just compiled v1.8 and replaced the v1.7 binary, no other changes, and it fails ....

Possibly you compiled v1.8 with the wrong kernel headers?

Run both versions under strace to see what exactly is being passed and
returned.

Also, try running the hwstamp_ctl utility to see whether the error
appears there.

> The function that generates the failed ioctl error hasn't changed, so is this a problem with the added RTNL link code?

No, the rtnl code does not use the HWTSTAMP ioctl.

Thanks,
Richard