> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Cochran <richardcoch...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2020 1:35 PM
> To: Keller, Jacob E <jacob.e.kel...@intel.com>
> Cc: linuxptp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Linuxptp-devel] [PATCH 00/10] Slave event monitoring
> 
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 05:07:05PM +0000, Keller, Jacob E wrote:
> 
> > Presumably, other implementations won't support this non-portable
> > TLV. Is there any part of our implementation that ought to support
> > the official standard?
> 
> Yes, and this series already implements the official
> SLAVE_RX_SYNC_TIMING_DATA.  Nothing prevents us adding the official
> variant of SLAVE_TX_EVENT_TIMESTAMPS in the future, if anybody really
> wants it.
> 
> > Or should we attempt to push for improving the standard?
> 
> Also yes.  Already there was something missing from the standard for
> this optional feature, and I did share that with the IEEE working
> group already.
> 
> > I suppose in some sense, since you're only sending this data over
> > the local unix domain socket it's less of a concern?
> 
> Right.  We can implement what is useful now and lead the way for
> others to follow.
> 
> Thanks,
> Richard

Sounds good. If someone cares in the future they could implement the standard 
one when they want it for interop.

Thanks,
Jake


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