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* Introduction
This software is an implementation of the Precision Time Protocol
(PTP) according to IEEE standard 1588 for Linux. The dual design
goals are to provide a robust implementation of the standard and to
use the most relevant and modern Application Programming Interfaces
(API) offered by the Linux kernel. Supporting legacy APIs and other
platforms is not a goal.
* License
The software is copyrighted by the authors and is licensed under the
GNU General Public License. See the file, COPYING, for details of
the license terms.
* Goals and Features
- Supports hardware and software time stamping via the Linux
SO_TIMESTAMPING socket option.
- Supports the Linux PTP Hardware Clock (PHC) subsystem by using the
clock_gettime family of calls, including the new clock_adjtimex
system call.
- Implements Boundary Clock (BC) and Ordinary Clock (OC).
- Transport over UDP/IPv4, UDP/IPv6, and raw Ethernet (Layer 2).
- Modular design allowing painless addition of new transports and
clock servos.
* Getting Involved
The software development is hosted at Source Forge.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxptp/
** Reporting Bugs
Please report any bugs or other issues with the software to the
linuxptp-users mailing list.
** Development
If you would like to get involved in improving the software, please
join the linuxptp-devel mailing list.