On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 02:14:10AM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> At the moment, a clock which emits PPS is not synchronizable, and
> therefore called "master", and a clock which timestamps PPS is
> synchronizable, and therefore called "slave".
> 
> The ts2phc program is preparing to decouple the concept of clock
> synchronization from the concept of who emits PPS and who timestamps
> PPS.
> 
> When that will happen, the "master" and "slave" terminology will become
> vague. Rename what is today a "master" to a "PPS source" and a "slave"
> to a "PPS sink". Temporarily, the clock representing the time reference
> still coincides with the "PPS source", and the target clocks for
> synchronization still coincide with the "PPS sinks".
> 
> The change only renames files and their occurrences in the source code
> (include paths and makefile). No functional change intended.
> 
> Suggested-by: Richard Cochran <richardcoch...@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <olte...@gmail.com>

Applied.  (I made a slight change to keep include directives in alphabetical 
order)

Thanks,
Richard


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