> -----Original Message----- > From: Patel, Vedang > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2018 3:29 PM > To: Keller, Jacob E <jacob.e.kel...@intel.com>; linuxptp- > de...@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: Sanchez-Palencia, Jesus <jesus.sanchez-palen...@intel.com>; Gomes, > Vinicius <vinicius.go...@intel.com> > Subject: Re: [Linuxptp-devel] [PATCH v2 6/7] Add ignore_source_id config > option. > > On Mon, 2018-10-01 at 21:32 +0000, Keller, Jacob E wrote: > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Vedang Patel [mailto:vedang.pa...@intel.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 2:58 PM > > > To: linuxptp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Cc: Gomes, Vinicius <vinicius.go...@intel.com>; Sanchez-Palencia, > > > Jesus > > > <jesus.sanchez-palen...@intel.com> > > > Subject: [Linuxptp-devel] [PATCH v2 6/7] Add ignore_source_id > > > config option. > > > > > > This config option will skip the source port identity verification > > > in > > > the Sync and Follow_up messages. This option is needed when the > > > announce > > > messages are disabled because the slave cannot know the identity of > > > master without announce messages. > > > > > > This is required by Automotive Profile as part of skipping the Best > > > Master Clock Algorithm (BMCA). > > > > > Would it be better to allow configuring the expected source id > > instead? > > > Manually configuring source ids for all slave devices is not going to > be ideal in mass production. > > Also, the spec[1] (look at Section 6.3, point #2) specifically asks for > the source id to be ignored. > > Thanks, > Vedang
Yep, thanks for the explanation. Regards, Jake > > [1] - https://avnu.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Automotive-Ethernet-A > VB-Func-Interop-Spec-v1.5-Public.pdf > > Thanks, > > Jake > > _______________________________________________ Linuxptp-devel mailing list Linuxptp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxptp-devel
