Re: [Linuxptp-devel] [PATCH 00/11] synce4l: add software for Synchronous Ethernet

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

On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 09:23:25PM +0000, Kubalewski, Arkadiusz wrote:
> Richard,
> I know our solution in its current state is far from being perfect.
> It communicates with EEC by shell commands specified by the user, but at least
> it is not specific for any particular hardware.
> Although it doesn't configure EEC, as it shall be preconfigured before using our
> solution.

I'm not able to judge between the two new projects based on technical
merits, because I simply have no time to do so.

WRT integration into linuxptp, seeing as there is no agreement on a
path forward, I am not going to merge any major new SyncE services
into linuxptp.

May I suggest that both SyncE projects publish their code on
GH/whatever and build their communities.  Competition is a good thing
in the OSS world!

For the interaction between SyncE services and ptp4l, let's discuss
proposals for new management messages here in this channel.  I'm sure
we can come with message formats that will work for any SyncE use
case.

Thanks,
Richard