Re: [Linuxptp-devel] [PATCH v2 6/7] Add ignore_source_id config option.

[Keller, Jacob E]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vedang Patel [mailto:vedang.pa...@intel.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 2:58 PM
> To: linuxptp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Cc: Gomes, Vinicius <vinicius.go...@intel.com>; Sanchez-Palencia, Jesus
> <jesus.sanchez-palen...@intel.com>
> Subject: [Linuxptp-devel] [PATCH v2 6/7] Add ignore_source_id config option.
> 
> This config option will skip the source port identity verification in
> the Sync and Follow_up messages. This option is needed when the announce
> messages are disabled because the slave cannot know the identity of
> master without announce messages.
> 
> This is required by Automotive Profile as part of skipping the Best
> Master Clock Algorithm (BMCA).
> 

Would it be better to allow configuring the expected source id instead?

Thanks,
Jake 



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