The hardware doesn't support PTP on VFs. Paul
> Am 06.07.2018 um 18:34 schrieb Nishant Verma <[email protected]>: > > Hi All, > > My IXGBEVF info is as follows: > filename: > /lib/modules/3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.ko > version: 4.3.5 > license: GPL > description: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit Virtual Function Network Driver > author: Intel Corporation, <[email protected]> > rhelversion: 7.3 > > But the PTP Hardware clock is not enabled on vf's created by SR-IOV. > > Is there any way to enable that? > > Below is the properties of the physical and virtual network interface. > > *PHYSICAL*:ethtool -T eno2 > Time stamping parameters for eno2: > Capabilities: > hardware-transmit (SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_HARDWARE) > software-transmit (SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_SOFTWARE) > hardware-receive (SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_HARDWARE) > software-receive (SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE) > software-system-clock (SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE) > hardware-raw-clock (SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE) > PTP Hardware Clock: 1 > Hardware Transmit Timestamp Modes: > off (HWTSTAMP_TX_OFF) > on (HWTSTAMP_TX_ON) > Hardware Receive Filter Modes: > none (HWTSTAMP_FILTER_NONE) > all (HWTSTAMP_FILTER_ALL) > ptpv1-l4-sync (HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V1_L4_SYNC) > ptpv1-l4-delay-req (HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V1_L4_DELAY_REQ) > ptpv2-l4-event (HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V2_L4_EVENT) > ptpv2-l4-sync (HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V2_L4_SYNC) > ptpv2-l4-delay-req (HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V2_L4_DELAY_REQ) > ptpv2-l2-event (HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V2_L2_EVENT) > ptpv2-l2-sync (HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V2_L2_SYNC) > ptpv2-l2-delay-req (HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V2_L2_DELAY_REQ) > ptpv2-event (HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V2_EVENT) > ptpv2-sync (HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V2_SYNC) > ptpv2-delay-req (HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V2_DELAY_REQ) > > > > * VIRTUAL*: > > ethtool -T enp2s16f1 > Time stamping parameters for enp2s16f1: > Capabilities: > software-transmit (SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_SOFTWARE) > software-receive (SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE) > software-system-clock (SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE) > PTP Hardware Clock: none > Hardware Transmit Timestamp Modes: none > Hardware Receive Filter Modes: none > > > > > -- > Rgds, > Nishant -- Chair of Network Architectures and Services Department of Informatics Technical University of Munich Boltzmannstr. 3 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
