On 10/27/2020 4:26 PM, Richard Cochran wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 09:41:06AM +0200, Miroslav Lichvar wrote:
>> It seems you are set on this terminology. I think it would work for
>> me, although in my head I mostly see the packets on the network
>> instead of a time signal. Have you considered adopting a server/client
>> terminology like NTP is using? I know some people that use it with PTP
>> and maybe it would be easier for a wider adoption.
>
> I considered that, but ...
>
> How would you feel about client/server terminology in the context of
> phc2sys?
>
> For example, you would have to call eth0 the "server" and
> CLOCK_REALTIME the "client".
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Richard
For myself, I would be reasonably ok with this, but I do prefer the
source/sink terminology overall because it feels more accurate to this
relationship.
Thanks,
Jake
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