> -Original Message-
> From: Richard Cochran
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2021 10:57 AM
> To: linuxptp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Linuxptp-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Convert to inclusive terminology, Part
> III
>
> * Part III
>
> - Mark the existing masterOnly option as deprecated, providing an
> alternative option called serverOnly.
>
This part looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller
> * Background
>
> There is an industry wide effort underway to replace historically and
> culturally loaded terms like master/slave with neutral alternatives.
> The IEEE 1588 committee will most likely amend the standard, but so
> far no consensus on the new terminology has been reached.
>
> Many of the proposed alternative terms are either awful sounding or
> just plain silly. This project will take the lead by implementing
> proper English language terminology that is, at the same time, both
> culturally neutral and technically more accurate.
>
> The original designation of the PTP port roles made little sense in
> the first place. Under the institution of slavery, the role of a
> slave is to perform work for the master. In a PTP network it is the
> "master" port that serves the slaves, the opposite of what the terms
> suggest. Thus, in the context of the PTP port roles, we have chosen
> to replace master/slave with client/server.
>
> Besides the PTP port roles, there is the area of local clock
> synchronization as performed by the phc2sys and the ts2phc programs.
> In the past we have applied the master/slave terminology in a
> confusing manner. The phc2sys program labeled a single port both
> master and slave at the same time, but in different contexts. In
> contrast, the new terminology will be "time source" and "time sink",
> inspired by signal nomenclature from the field of electrical
> engineering.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
>
> Richard Cochran (3):
> Deprecate the masterOnly option in favor of serverOnly.
> Convert the example configuration files over to the new serverOnly
> option.
> Update man page to reflect the new serverOnly option.
>
> config.c | 5 -
> configs/G.8265.1.cfg | 2 +-
> configs/G.8275.1.cfg | 2 +-
> configs/G.8275.2.cfg | 2 +-
> configs/automotive-master.cfg | 2 +-
> configs/default.cfg | 2 +-
> port.c| 4 ++--
> ptp4l.8 | 6 +-
> 8 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.20.1
>
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