> > > NTP does not require softstamps. NTP can be (and I believe it has been in > a product) modified to use "PTP" hardware (hardstamps) and reasonably > current releases can run with "drivestamps" (sampled in the NIC driver) > between cooperating endpoints.
Of course it does not *require* software timestamps, I never said that, it is just the fact that most people use it with software timestamps, even if the NIC permits hardware timestamps. You need a secondary servo to sync the NIC to O/S clock if you want to serve that (or consume that) - or sync the NIC to external 1PPS. What you call a "drivestamp", I call a software timestamp. If it's not a function of the silicon, it's software. All I meant was that there is some unexploited potential. -- - Wojciech Owczarek _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
