Re: [Linuxptp-users] Received packets without timestamp

[Keller, J. E <jac...@in...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tino Mettler [mailto:tin...@al...]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 1:24 AM
> To: 'linuxptp-users' <lin...@li...>
> Subject: [Linuxptp-users] Received packets without timestamp
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I get the following messages a few times per day:
> 
> port 1: received DELAY_REQ without timestamp
> port 1: received SYNC without timestamp
> 
> According to the source, this means that the kernel driver did not
> supply a timestamp from the PHC for that packets. The NIC is an Intel
> I219-LM. I did not find anything useful in Google regarding this. Is
> there anything I can do to avoid this?
> 
> Regards,
> Tino
> 

I'm not sure. I've seen this message a few times and haven't been able to reproduce it reliably enough. It shouldn't impact the functionality, and as long as its only intermittent drops it's not a big deal.

Thanks,
Jake