Re: [Linuxptp-users] Question about how to run linuxptp as a service daemon

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miroslav Lichvar <mli...@re...>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 12:21 AM
> To: james jeong <jam...@gm...>
> Cc: lin...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Linuxptp-users] Question about how to run linuxptp as a service
> daemon
> 
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 09:13:53AM +0900, james jeong wrote:
> > Dear,
> >
> > We are using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
> > I am trying to use linuxptp as a service daemon rather than an application.
> > (The purpose is to automatically run ptp4l and phc2sys when the Master and
> > Slave devices are booted.)
> 
> The Ubuntu linuxptp package seems to contain systemd service files:
> 
> /lib/systemd/system/phc2sys.service
> /lib/systemd/system/ptp4l.service
> /lib/systemd/system/timemaster.service
> 
> and it has configuration files in /etc/linuxptp.
> 
> You would just edit the configuration and enable the services you need
> to run.
> 
> --
> Miroslav Lichvar

Yep, I'd recommend systemd or another service manager which converts the stdin/stdout behavior of ptp4l into backgrounding.

Thanks,
Jake