Hello Henry,

If I recall correctly, assume_two_step is there to accommodate section 11.4.2.3 
of 802.1AS-2011 where it says that the twoStepFlag is “Reserved as TRUE, 
ignored on reception”.

Regards
--
Delio

> On 21 Sep 2016, at 11:20, Jesuiter, Henry (ALC NetworX GmbH) 
> <henry.jesui...@alcnetworx.de> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> recently I stumbled upon the "assume_two_step" config option (we accidentally 
> set this flag two '1' ;-)). As I read in the source, this is used to skip the 
> TWO_STEP flag inside the PTP messages, and just return '0' for one_step() 
> status. Could someone please explain, why this option is there? Since we 
> already have the TWO_STEP flag inside the messages, I can't see any reason 
> why we would need that option. Is it just a historical relic or are there 
> other reasons for this flag.  
> 
> Best regards 
> Henry
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