Re: [Linuxptp-users] Time Jumps whole seconds only

[Jacob K. <jac...@in...>]

On 9/15/2020 8:38 PM, Mark Priest wrote:
> Jake,
> 
> I agree that the slave is not performing the adjustment properly.  Late
> last week the vendor has indicated that that is how it works and is not
> available to pursue the matter anymore and was not willing to answer
> further questions.  I was hoping at this point to verify what correct
> operation of the linuxptp stack is.  It sounds like from your answer
> correct operation is to jump to the correct time exactly and not just
> the whole seconds part of the time.  Thank you for your help.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Mark

Right. As far as I can tell we request a jump of the exact time. I would
consider this a driver bug if the time is rounded to full seconds when
stepping. It's plausible that it's a "deficiency" due to HW design that
only allows jumps of such a large granularity..

Glad to help :)

Thanks,
Jake