> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Cochran <richardcoch...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2021 6:53 AM
> To: Vladimir Oltean <olte...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Ed Branch <bra...@arlut.utexas.edu>; linuxptp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Linuxptp-devel] [PATCH] util: don't error out in
> posix_clock_open() if
> we can't determine PHC index
>
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 06:22:34AM -0800, Richard Cochran wrote:
> > Indeed phc2sys is correct in requiring that the path to the PTP char
> > device be in the "/dev/ptpN" format.
>
> If ever phc2sys accepted /dev/ptp_kvm or similar, that was simply a
> bug in phc2sys.
>
> > The Debian KVM script is just plain wrong.
>
> Or maybe not a bug, but still the script that invokes phc2sys should
> simply use `realpath /dev/ptp_kvm`
>
Is it possible for us to resolve symlinks ourselves before attempting to check
its index value? That would be an added convenience for users.
Thanks,
Jake
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