On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 06:27:14PM +0200, Yan Yankovskyi wrote:
> I need to use PTP synchronization for synchronizing video stream (something
> like this). To do it I have to adjust the clock, but using the system clock
> looks like bad architecture decision. So I decided to ask is it possible to
> have some separate clock, that will be dedicated only for this purpose.

Right.  Media clock synchronization would be a great thing to have,
but neither v4l not alsa have any kind of interfaces for this.  So you
are on your own.

> By the way, 802.1AS-2011 standard describes application interfaces (chapter
> 9), especially ClockTarget. Is it implemented in ptp4l, or it should be
> implemented using some custom software?

Yes, that functionality is implemented with the TIME_STATUS_NP
management message.

Thanks,
Richard


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