Re: [Linuxptp-devel] PTP supported profiles.

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

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:08:39AM +0100, Miroslav Lichvar wrote:
> Awesome, I didn't realize we already have that :). Full unicast
> support doesn't seem very useful to me, but maybe I just didn't see
> the right use case for it.

It is specified in one of the telecom profiles.  The ITU published two
profiles.

1. ITU-1 G.8265.1 Frequency Profile
2. ITU-T G.8275.1 Time and Phase Profile

#1 specifies unicast negotiation, forbidding multicast, boundary
 clocks, and transparent clocks.

#2 specifies multicast, forbidding unicast.  Transparent clocks are
 also not allowed, but they are named as a future possibility.

Both profiles exhibit a surprising level of cluelessness, but #1 is
worse than the other.

Thanks,
Richard