On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 06:45:37PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> What I don't get is where is the need for linuxptp to "take the lead" on
> this topic?
see next answer...
> What if the terms on which IEEE 1588 settles are not the terms in your
> mind ("source"/"sink")?
Because linuxptp is widely deployed, what we do could very well
influence the committee work.
> Will there be a third set of names for clocks
> and ports?
For anything that affects protocol correctness, then we'll map the
internal terms to the official ones. However, if I'm not wrong, the
strings "master" and "slave" are not part of protocol at all.
> What about a sort of internationalization support in linuxptp, then
> anybody could call "master" and "slave" whatever they feel like.
That won't work for program identifiers.
Thanks,
Richard
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