Hi, Just upgraded to v4.0, and trying the new feature of 'phc2sys' with multiple '-c'.
It seems not working very well on my test machine, with large offset jitters. Here's my configuration: 1) ptp0~ptp3 are 4 ports on a 4 port i350, ptp4~ptp9 are separated i210 ports. 2) run ts2phc on ptp3(enp1s0f3), to sync ptp3's phc with external 1pps 3) run phc2sys to sync other phcs with ptp3: phc2sys -s /dev/ptp3 -c /dev/ptp2 -c /dev/ptp1 -c /dev/ptp0 -O 0 -f /etc/linuxptp/phc2sys.conf -l 7 -N 10 phc2sys[496846.875]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -5 s2 freq +117755 delay 10782 phc2sys[496846.875]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -950 s2 freq +117226 delay 12527 phc2sys[496846.876]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -139 s2 freq +118014 delay 13198 phc2sys[496847.876]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -6 s2 freq +117753 delay 10751 phc2sys[496847.877]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -244 s2 freq +117647 delay 11983 phc2sys[496847.877]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -630 s2 freq +117481 delay 12094 phc2sys[496848.877]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -20 s2 freq +117737 delay 10079 phc2sys[496848.878]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 135 s2 freq +117953 delay 12015 phc2sys[496848.878]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 220 s2 freq +118142 delay 12671 phc2sys[496849.878]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 22 s2 freq +117773 delay 10767 phc2sys[496849.879]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -607 s2 freq +117251 delay 12815 phc2sys[496849.879]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -520 s2 freq +117468 delay 13406 phc2sys[496850.880]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -13 s2 freq +117745 delay 10735 phc2sys[496850.880]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -95 s2 freq +117581 delay 12382 phc2sys[496850.880]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -337 s2 freq +117495 delay 12623 phc2sys[496851.881]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -11 s2 freq +117743 delay 10782 phc2sys[496851.881]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -178 s2 freq +117470 delay 12927 phc2sys[496851.881]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -13 s2 freq +117718 delay 12399 phc2sys[496852.882]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 9 s2 freq +117760 delay 10094 phc2sys[496852.882]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 618 s2 freq +118212 delay 12255 phc2sys[496852.882]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -280 s2 freq +117447 delay 12142 phc2sys[496853.883]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 11 s2 freq +117764 delay 10751 phc2sys[496853.883]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 216 s2 freq +117996 delay 11758 phc2sys[496853.884]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 147 s2 freq +117790 delay 13919 phc2sys[496854.884]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -2 s2 freq +117755 delay 10751 phc2sys[496854.884]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -437 s2 freq +117408 delay 12350 phc2sys[496854.885]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 749 s2 freq +118436 delay 13054 phc2sys[496855.885]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -25 s2 freq +117731 delay 10783 phc2sys[496855.885]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 711 s2 freq +118425 delay 12622 phc2sys[496855.886]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -76 s2 freq +117836 delay 12526 phc2sys[496856.886]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 21 s2 freq +117769 delay 10767 phc2sys[496856.887]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -641 s2 freq +117286 delay 12542 phc2sys[496856.887]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -400 s2 freq +117489 delay 12878 phc2sys[496857.887]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -21 s2 freq +117734 delay 10942 phc2sys[496857.888]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 81 s2 freq +117816 delay 11678 phc2sys[496857.888]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -16 s2 freq +117753 delay 12446 phc2sys[496858.889]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 10 s2 freq +117758 delay 10783 phc2sys[496858.889]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -106 s2 freq +117653 delay 11951 phc2sys[496858.889]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -269 s2 freq +117495 delay 13231 phc2sys[496859.890]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -3 s2 freq +117748 delay 10767 phc2sys[496859.890]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 75 s2 freq +117802 delay 12750 phc2sys[496859.890]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 446 s2 freq +118129 delay 12798 phc2sys[496860.891]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 3 s2 freq +117754 delay 10063 phc2sys[496860.891]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 235 s2 freq +117985 delay 11407 phc2sys[496860.891]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -362 s2 freq +117455 delay 12159 phc2sys[496861.892]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 4 s2 freq +117755 delay 10767 phc2sys[496861.892]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -371 s2 freq +117449 delay 12799 phc2sys[496861.893]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -85 s2 freq +117624 delay 12527 phc2sys[496862.893]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -4 s2 freq +117749 delay 10783 phc2sys[496862.893]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -352 s2 freq +117357 delay 12798 phc2sys[496862.894]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 135 s2 freq +117818 delay 12958 phc2sys[496863.894]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 26 s2 freq +117777 delay 10767 phc2sys[496863.895]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 447 s2 freq +118050 delay 11966 phc2sys[496863.895]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -345 s2 freq +117379 delay 13854 phc2sys[496864.895]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -5 s2 freq +117754 delay 10782 phc2sys[496864.896]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 207 s2 freq +117944 delay 12494 phc2sys[496864.896]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 480 s2 freq +118100 delay 13694 phc2sys[496865.896]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -21 s2 freq +117737 delay 10751 phc2sys[496865.897]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -447 s2 freq +117352 delay 13102 phc2sys[496865.897]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 413 s2 freq +118177 delay 13039 phc2sys[496866.898]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 15 s2 freq +117766 delay 10782 phc2sys[496866.898]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 254 s2 freq +117919 delay 12414 phc2sys[496866.898]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -152 s2 freq +117736 delay 12591 phc2sys[496867.899]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 16 s2 freq +117772 delay 10767 phc2sys[496867.899]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 93 s2 freq +117834 delay 11775 phc2sys[496867.899]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -360 s2 freq +117482 delay 12862 phc2sys[496868.900]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -48 s2 freq +117713 delay 10415 phc2sys[496868.900]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 71 s2 freq +117840 delay 11247 phc2sys[496868.900]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -102 s2 freq +117632 delay 11070 phc2sys[496869.901]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 28 s2 freq +117774 delay 10799 phc2sys[496869.901]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 123 s2 freq +117914 delay 12639 phc2sys[496869.901]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -1 s2 freq +117703 delay 12782 phc2sys[496870.902]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -2 s2 freq +117753 delay 10095 phc2sys[496870.902]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 161 s2 freq +117989 delay 11775 phc2sys[496870.902]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 96 s2 freq +117800 delay 12286 phc2sys[496871.903]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 16 s2 freq +117770 delay 10767 phc2sys[496871.903]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -305 s2 freq +117571 delay 12303 phc2sys[496871.903]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -189 s2 freq +117543 delay 13023 phc2sys[496872.904]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -5 s2 freq +117754 delay 10782 phc2sys[496872.904]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -191 s2 freq +117593 delay 11807 phc2sys[496872.904]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 352 s2 freq +118028 delay 11950 phc2sys[496873.905]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 31 s2 freq +117788 delay 10751 phc2sys[496873.905]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -40 s2 freq +117687 delay 12574 phc2sys[496873.906]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 99 s2 freq +117880 delay 13359 phc2sys[496874.906]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -8 s2 freq +117759 delay 10095 phc2sys[496874.906]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -154 s2 freq +117561 delay 11726 phc2sys[496874.907]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 81 s2 freq +117892 delay 12158 phc2sys[496875.907]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -23 s2 freq +117741 delay 10766 phc2sys[496875.907]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 300 s2 freq +117969 delay 12111 phc2sys[496875.908]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 147 s2 freq +117982 delay 12527 phc2sys[496876.908]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset -18 s2 freq +117739 delay 10782 phc2sys[496876.908]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 134 s2 freq +117893 delay 11951 phc2sys[496876.909]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -568 s2 freq +117311 delay 11807 phc2sys[496877.909]: /dev/ptp0 phc offset 3 s2 freq +117755 delay 10767 phc2sys[496877.909]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -270 s2 freq +117529 delay 12222 phc2sys[496877.910]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -206 s2 freq +117503 delay 12639 Notice that the offset of ptp1 and ptp2 are not stable, with jitter of hundreds of nanoseconds, the last one in the command line which is polled first every time, eg ptp0 here, is stable. I have done a lot of tests, it's only related to the position the dest phc appended to the dest list. 4) running multiple phc2sys instance, each instance with only one sink, it works well as expected. phc2sys -s /dev/ptp3 -c /dev/ptp2 -O 0 -f /etc/linuxptp/phc2sys.conf -l 7 -N 10 phc2sys[497690.108]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 2 s2 freq +117754 delay 10750 phc2sys[497691.108]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 1 s2 freq +117754 delay 10750 phc2sys[497692.109]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -7 s2 freq +117746 delay 10927 phc2sys[497693.109]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 26 s2 freq +117777 delay 10751 phc2sys[497694.110]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -12 s2 freq +117747 delay 10750 phc2sys[497695.110]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -9 s2 freq +117746 delay 10750 phc2sys[497696.111]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 2 s2 freq +117755 delay 10735 phc2sys[497697.111]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 1 s2 freq +117754 delay 10063 phc2sys[497698.112]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -3 s2 freq +117750 delay 10766 phc2sys[497699.112]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -20 s2 freq +117733 delay 10767 phc2sys[497700.113]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 38 s2 freq +117785 delay 10415 phc2sys[497701.113]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -11 s2 freq +117747 delay 10751 phc2sys[497702.114]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 26 s2 freq +117781 delay 10751 phc2sys[497703.114]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -53 s2 freq +117709 delay 10079 phc2sys[497704.114]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 5 s2 freq +117752 delay 10751 phc2sys[497705.115]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 4 s2 freq +117752 delay 10751 phc2sys[497706.115]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 2 s2 freq +117751 delay 10750 phc2sys[497707.116]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 0 s2 freq +117750 delay 10750 phc2sys[497708.116]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -8 s2 freq +117742 delay 10063 phc2sys[497709.117]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 24 s2 freq +117771 delay 10750 phc2sys[497710.117]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -21 s2 freq +117734 delay 10767 phc2sys[497711.118]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 15 s2 freq +117763 delay 10095 phc2sys[497712.118]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -1 s2 freq +117752 delay 10751 phc2sys[497713.119]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 3 s2 freq +117756 delay 10750 phc2sys[497714.119]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 18 s2 freq +117771 delay 10751 phc2sys[497715.120]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 1 s2 freq +117760 delay 10719 phc2sys[497716.120]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -8 s2 freq +117751 delay 10094 phc2sys[497717.121]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -12 s2 freq +117745 delay 10750 phc2sys[497718.121]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -7 s2 freq +117746 delay 10750 phc2sys[497719.122]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -17 s2 freq +117734 delay 10079 phc2sys[497720.122]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 11 s2 freq +117757 delay 10767 phc2sys[497721.123]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 17 s2 freq +117766 delay 10751 phc2sys[497722.123]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -11 s2 freq +117743 delay 10271 phc2sys[497723.124]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 44 s2 freq +117795 delay 10750 phc2sys[497724.124]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -10 s2 freq +117754 delay 10735 phc2sys[497725.125]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -40 s2 freq +117721 delay 10750 phc2sys[497726.125]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset -7 s2 freq +117742 delay 10751 phc2sys[497727.126]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 1 s2 freq +117748 delay 10095 phc2sys[497728.126]: /dev/ptp2 phc offset 29 s2 freq +117776 delay 10750 phc2sys -s /dev/ptp3 -c /dev/ptp1 -O 0 -f /etc/linuxptp/phc2sys.conf -l 7 -N 10 phc2sys[497690.656]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -11 s2 freq +117745 delay 10767 phc2sys[497691.657]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 7 s2 freq +117760 delay 10782 phc2sys[497692.657]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 1 s2 freq +117756 delay 10783 phc2sys[497693.658]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -16 s2 freq +117739 delay 10783 phc2sys[497694.658]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 23 s2 freq +117774 delay 10798 phc2sys[497695.659]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -28 s2 freq +117729 delay 10111 phc2sys[497696.659]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 20 s2 freq +117769 delay 10798 phc2sys[497697.660]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -12 s2 freq +117743 delay 10798 phc2sys[497698.660]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 7 s2 freq +117758 delay 10287 phc2sys[497699.661]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -5 s2 freq +117749 delay 10782 phc2sys[497700.661]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 0 s2 freq +117752 delay 10799 phc2sys[497701.661]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 4 s2 freq +117756 delay 10223 phc2sys[497702.662]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -4 s2 freq +117749 delay 10767 phc2sys[497703.662]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 7 s2 freq +117759 delay 10783 phc2sys[497704.663]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 9 s2 freq +117763 delay 10126 phc2sys[497705.663]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -31 s2 freq +117726 delay 10783 phc2sys[497706.664]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 2 s2 freq +117750 delay 10799 phc2sys[497707.664]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 0 s2 freq +117748 delay 10767 phc2sys[497708.665]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 4 s2 freq +117752 delay 10799 phc2sys[497709.665]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 8 s2 freq +117757 delay 10783 phc2sys[497710.666]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -4 s2 freq +117748 delay 10767 phc2sys[497711.666]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -4 s2 freq +117747 delay 10782 phc2sys[497712.667]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 29 s2 freq +117778 delay 10127 phc2sys[497713.667]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -10 s2 freq +117748 delay 10798 phc2sys[497714.668]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -20 s2 freq +117735 delay 10095 phc2sys[497715.668]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 8 s2 freq +117757 delay 10783 phc2sys[497716.669]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 27 s2 freq +117778 delay 10783 phc2sys[497717.669]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -9 s2 freq +117751 delay 10127 phc2sys[497718.670]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 0 s2 freq +117757 delay 10783 phc2sys[497719.670]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -12 s2 freq +117745 delay 10767 phc2sys[497720.671]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -2 s2 freq +117751 delay 10095 phc2sys[497721.671]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 9 s2 freq +117762 delay 10783 phc2sys[497722.671]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 1 s2 freq +117756 delay 10782 phc2sys[497723.672]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -16 s2 freq +117740 delay 10798 phc2sys[497724.672]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset -13 s2 freq +117738 delay 10815 phc2sys[497725.673]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 13 s2 freq +117760 delay 10111 phc2sys[497726.673]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 5 s2 freq +117756 delay 10766 phc2sys[497727.674]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 13 s2 freq +117765 delay 10783 phc2sys[497728.674]: /dev/ptp1 phc offset 4 s2 freq +117760 delay 10127 5) not only the 4 ports on the same nic, any combination of ptp0~ptp9 results the same. Have gone through the phc2sys codes, find nothing reasonable that explains this issue so far. I can see when the large jitter happens, the measured delay also varies a lot, perhapse it's related to the pcie tranfication process? _______________________________________________ Linuxptp-users mailing list Linuxptp-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxptp-users