P.S. The sink goes in one direction.
-----Original Message----- From: Geva, Erez (ext) (DI PA CI R&D 3) Sent: Wednesday, 19 August 2020 18:14 To: richardcoch...@gmail.com Cc: jagmeet.hans...@gmail.com; linuxptp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Linuxptp-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/1] Introduce inclusive terminology A sheep herder dog is leading the sheep. And yet it is all over the place. Leading does not mean you are a head on behind. It means that all the reset are following you. Some might be a head and slowing. Some might be behind and being pushed by the leader. I short. It means that they are follows the leader. Erez -----Original Message----- From: Richard Cochran <richardcoch...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, 19 August 2020 17:20 To: Geva, Erez (ext) (DI PA CI R&D 3) <erez.geva....@siemens.com> Cc: jagmeet.hans...@gmail.com; linuxptp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Linuxptp-devel] [PATCH RFC 0/1] Introduce inclusive terminology On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 03:06:22PM +0000, Geva, Erez wrote: > Personally I prefer leader/followers over source/sink. Let's think about those terms... If clock A is leading clock B, then clock A is running ahead. If clock A is following clock B, then clock A is running behind. Sounds rather silly for a synchronization protocol, if you ask me. > Source remind me of source code. > > And sink remind me of where our water goes after we use them. :) Thanks, Richard _______________________________________________ Linuxptp-devel mailing list Linuxptp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxptp-devel
