On Jul 18, 2011, at 7:30 PM, Harlan Stenn wrote:

> Mike wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:09:33PM -0700, Harlan Stenn wrote:
>>> I gather the Intel 82574 NIC has support for IEEE-1588/PTP (client
>>> side).  Assuming this is true, which soekris boards have this chip in
>>> them?
>>> 
>>> Perhaps a better question might be: Do folks here have any
>>> recommendations on a setup that would support being either/both a
>>> 1588-client or a 1588 Masterclock?
>> 
>> What are you trying to achieve? In general this does not require 
>> specific hardware.
> 
> Perhaps you know something I don't.
> 
> How does PTP/1588 not require "aware" hardware?  I gather the only
> reasonably affordable versions of these NIC chips is Intel, and the
> 82574 series is one of them (the 82576EB is another), and this is for
> "client only".

It does not, most ptp implementations do their timestamp in software. whether 
it meets your requirements is another question entirely, I'm guessing it does 
not.

http://ptpd.sourceforge.net/doc.html

> I gather it takes a bit more to have a NIC be a PTP masterclock.
> 
> H
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