On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 05:03:50PM +0000, Eric Decker wrote: > I am working on monitoring gPTP health for automotive products using 802.1AS. > According to 802.1AS-2020: > > 1. Section 10.6.1 "PTP Management Messages are not used in this standard. > They are specified in IEEE Std 1588-2019." > * Does this means gPTP does not support PTP management messages?
Seems like it. > * If ptp4l is configured to use 802.1AS will it support management > messages? Yes. > 2. Section 15.1 "Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information > store, termed the Management Information Base (MIB). MIB objects are > generally accessed through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)." > * My understanding is that PTP management messages at not supported > and MIBs and SNMP should be used instead. > * Does Linux PTP support MIBs and SNMP? From what I can tell from the > code it does not. I looked at the mailing list and it appears SNMP support > was removed around March 2020 because it was not complete. It does not > appear it has been added back to the code base, at least not on the Git > master branch. Are there plans to support MIBs and SNMP in the future? SNMP is not supported, and there are no plans to add that. > 3. Does Linux PTP support "reverse sync" for monitoring, or will it > support it in the future? Yes, it supports the NetSync Monitor (NSM) protocol. See the 'nsm' program and its man page. Thanks, Richard _______________________________________________ Linuxptp-users mailing list Linuxptp-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxptp-users
