Subject kinda says it all.. We have previously been using chrony to synchronize systems on a network, and chrony allows slave devices to specify the ip address of their clock source.
It does not seem obvious after reviewing documentation here that this is possible: https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man8/ptp4l.8.html We generally deploy systems in groups where one is the master clock source and the others are started as "slaveOnly" devices. However, it is possible that we may have multiple groups like this deployed on the same network, where there may be a few sources competing to be the "master clock".. but it is important for slaves in one group always use their designated master clock, and not any other master clock that may also be present on the network. We have considered redesigning our systems so that there is only ever a single master clock started on the network, with all other nodes starting as "slaveOnly".. but that would involve adding further configuration options to our software which would be one more thing for the system configurators to get wrong when deploying them. TLDR; can a 'slaveOnly' ptp4l client specify the ip (ipv4) address of the master clock it wants to use? Thanks! Trey _______________________________________________ Linuxptp-devel mailing list Linuxptp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxptp-devel
