Re: [Linuxptp-users] Some general questions.

[TheMazzim M <ma...@gm...>]

Hey Jake,

kernel 4.2.0-27
igb  ver 5.2.18-k
linuxptp 2.0

Thanks,
Marco



On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 10:27 PM Keller, Jacob E <jac...@in...>
wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TheMazzim M [mailto:ma...@gm...]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2018 10:52 AM
> > To: ric...@gm...; lin...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [Linuxptp-users] Some general questions.
> >
> > Many thanks Richard.  Follow up:
> >
> >
> > >Well, there is a driver bug.  There is a fix upstream, but your old
> > >4.2 kernel lacks the fix.  You can either upgrade your kernel or
> > >back port the fix.
> >
> > Imagine that. An actual error log that describes the problem!
> >
>
> Unfortunately it covers a range of issues. It's difficult to distinguish
> the issue, so it's hard to get a more specific message here, as the symptom
> is the same at the application layer.
>
> > Upgrading completely could compromise a very stable platform for other
> tasks
> > this stack executes.
> >
> > Which version has the fix??
> >
>
> There were fixes to linuxptp, and the kernel, and drivers. So it's hard to
> know for sure which thing will fix your case.
>
> What driver are you using?
>
> Thanks,
> Jake
>
>