There's a sabre lite kit that's $199:

http://boundarydevices.com/product/sabre-lite-imx6-sbc/

I understand your reservations, I've been following the commits to the
driver and see .  I also know that with the 1588 output, the "pulse" is
only 8ns which is not sufficient for some parts.

Soon enough, I will know more and will share what I learn.

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Richard Cochran <richardcoch...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 10:08:47AM -0700, Chris Healy wrote:
> > The Freescale MX6 based Sabre boards are inexpensive and have good PTP
> > support now, don't they?  IIRC, recently there was some changes made to
> > support the HW 1588 block in the MAC that allows the HW to drive a 1588
> > output pin correctly.
>
> Aren't the sabre kits in the $800+ range?
>
> In any case, I haven't tested the imx PTP block, and I have my
> reservations about it.  IIRC, one device had the auxiliary PTP pins
> multiplexed with the MAC pins!
>
> The first imx PTP drivers did the clock in SW, because the HW had
> issues.  Then patches appeared to make the HW work, and then fixes...
>
> > I have not tested this myself yet though but will be doing so in the near
> > future as I'm working on a design that will depend on it.... ;-)
>
> Let us know how it goes...
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
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