Hi Jacob,

Here are the additional details you requested:

*ethtool -i eno1 OUTPUT:*
driver: igb
version: 5.6.0-k
firmware-version: 3.25, 0x800005cc
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:06:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: yes

KERNEL Details:
3.10.0-1127.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 31 23:36:51 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64
x86_64 GNU/Linux

*OS and Version:*
CentOS Linux release 7.8.2003 (Core)

Regards,
Ankur

On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 3:48 PM Jacob Keller <jacob.e.kel...@intel.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On 1/7/2021 2:58 PM, Ankur Sharma wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are using PTP4L to synchronize the physical hardware clock on our
> > intel interface from the external PTP master. Also we are using PHC2SYS
> > to synchronize system clock using the Physical hardware clock on intel
> > interface. However, we see that the phc2sys process shows an
> > explosion of offset and frequency values periodically.
> >
> > There is no additional/other NTP process running on this system. Below
> > are the way we are running PTP4L and PHC2SYS processes:
> >
> > ptp4l -i eno1 -m -s
> > phc2sys -s eno1 -O -37 -S 5
> >
> > Attaching the logs for PTP4L and PHC2SYS process for a sample duration
> > where we observed explosion in PHC2SYS offset and frequency values.
> >
> > Any suggestions or pointers on what could be causing this?
> >
>
> What device and driver are you using?
>
> $ ethtool -i eno1
>
> Also what kernel version are you using?
>
> This sounds suspiciously like some bugs I've worked on in the past that
> involved issues with how the frequency adjustments were done. If you're
> using an e1000e-based device there are also several known bugs that have
> workarounds applied, but if your kernel is too old they might not
> contain these fixes.
>
> I would start here to make sure it's not something that has already been
> fixed first.
>
> > Regards,
> > Andy
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Linuxptp-users mailing list
> Linuxptp-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxptp-users
>


-- 
ankurandy
_______________________________________________
Linuxptp-users mailing list
Linuxptp-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxptp-users

Reply via email to