>-----Original Message----- >From: Adrian Knoth [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 11:29 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [E1000-devel] PTP on 82574L and 82599V > >Hi! > >While looking for PTP enabled Intel NICs, I came across the datasheets >for 82574L and 82599V. Both NICs claim to support 802.1as (PTP), >however, the Linux driver doesn't provide this feature. > >OTOH, the igb driver has PTP support. > >I now have two questions: > > 1.) Do you agree that it's feasible to implement PTP on at least some > of the e1000e based NICs like 82599 and 82574?
Yes, as a matter of fact we are already working on adding PTP support to the e1000e driver for some devices (but not 82599, that's in ixgbe). > > 2.) If so, is the igb PTP code a suitable starting point or are there > limitations/assumptions that prevent this code from being used in > e1000e? > > >I also read about some people working on clock driver code that's soon >to be pushed upstream. I guess this means it can be used in conjunction >with the PTP hardware clocks framework added earlier this year? > > >TIA > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >RSA® Conference 2012 >Save $700 by Nov 18 >Register now! >http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 >_______________________________________________ >E1000-devel mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel >To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit >http://communities.intel.com/community/wired ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA® Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
