> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlich...@redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 11:19 AM
> To: Maciek Machnikowski <mac...@machnikowski.net>
> Cc: linuxptp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Linuxptp-devel] [PATCH v2] phc2sys: Add support for
free-running
> mode
> 
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 10:43:04AM +0200, Maciek Machnikowski wrote:
> > Add support for the free-running mode that will not adjust the sink
> > clock when enabled.
> >
> > V2: changed implementation to instantiate NTPSHM servo that serves as
> >     the nochange servo
> 
> This servo writes to a shared memory segment instead of adjusting the
clock. If
> there is another phc2sys instance or another program writing to that
segment
> for synchronization purposes, this "free-running"
> instance will break it.
> 
> A new servo would need to be added. The only advantage over the original
> approach I see is the few extra conditions that would be saved in the
phc2sys
> code.
> 
> --
> Miroslav Lichvar

OK I'll revert it to the original implementation.
Regards
Maciek 




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