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Check the sanity of the synchronized clock by comparing its uncorrected frequency with the system monotonic clock. When the measured frequency offset is larger than the value of the sanity_freq_limit option (20% by default), a warning message will be printed and the servo will be reset. Setting the option to zero disables the check. This is useful to detect when the clock is broken or adjusted by another program. Signed-off-by: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
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.TH PHC2SYS 8 "November 2012" "linuxptp"
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.SH NAME
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phc2sys \- synchronize two clocks
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B phc2sys
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[
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.B \-wmqvx
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] [
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.BI \-d " pps-device"
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] [
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.BI \-s " device"
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] [
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.BI \-c " device"
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] [
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.BI \-O " offset"
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] [
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.BI \-P " kp"
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] [
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.BI \-I " ki"
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] [
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.BI \-S " step"
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] [
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.BI \-F " step"
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] [
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.BI \-R " update-rate"
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] [
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.BI \-N " clock-readings"
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] [
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.BI \-L " freq-limit"
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] [
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.BI \-u " summary-updates"
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] [
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.BI \-n " domain-number"
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] [
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.BI \-l " print-level"
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B phc2sys
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is a program which synchronizes two clocks in the system. Typically, it is used
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to synchronize the system clock to a PTP hardware clock (PHC), which itself is
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synchronized by the
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.BR ptp4l (8)
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program.
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Two synchronization modes are supported, one uses a pulse per second (PPS)
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signal provided by the source clock and the other mode reads time from the
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source clock directly. Some clocks can be used in both modes, the mode which
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will synchronize the slave clock with better accuracy depends on hardware and
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driver implementation.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.BI \-d " pps-device"
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Specify the PPS device of the master clock (e.g. /dev/pps0). With this option
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the PPS synchronization mode is used instead of the direct mode. As the PPS
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signal does not specify time and only marks start of a second, the slave clock
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should be already close to the correct time before
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.B phc2sys
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is started or the
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.B \-s
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option should be used too. This option can be used only with the system clock as
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the slave clock.
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.TP
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.BI \-s " device"
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Specify the master clock by device (e.g. /dev/ptp0) or interface (e.g. eth0) or
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by name (e.g. CLOCK_REALTIME for the system clock). When this option is used
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together with the
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.B \-d
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option, the master clock is used only to correct the offset by whole number of
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seconds, which cannot be fixed with PPS alone.
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.TP
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.BI \-i " interface"
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Performs the exact same function as
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.B \-s
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for compatibility reasons. Previously enabled specifying master clock by network
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interface. However, this can now be done using
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.B \-s
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and this option is no longer necessary. As such it has been deprecated, and
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should no longer be used.
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.TP
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.BI \-c " device"
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Specify the slave clock by device (e.g. /dev/ptp1) or interface (e.g. eth1) or
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by name. The default is CLOCK_REALTIME (the system clock).
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.TP
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.BI \-P " kp"
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Specify the proportional constant of the PI controller. The default is 0.7.
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.TP
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.BI \-I " ki"
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Specify the integral constant of the PI controller. The default is 0.3.
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.TP
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.BI \-S " step"
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Specify the step threshold of the PI controller. It is the maximum offset that
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the controller corrects by changing the clock frequency instead of stepping the
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clock. The clock is stepped on start regardless of the option if the offset is
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larger than 100 nanoseconds (unless the
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.BI \-F
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option is used). The value of 0.0 disables stepping after the start. The default
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is 0.0.
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.TP
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.BI \-F " step"
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Specify the step threshold applied only on the first update. It is the maximum
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offset that is corrected by adjusting clock. The value of 0.0 disables stepping
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on start. The default is 0.0000001 (100 nanoseconds).
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.TP
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.BI \-R " update-rate"
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Specify the slave clock update rate when running in the direct synchronization
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mode. The default is 1 per second.
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.TP
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.BI \-N " phc-num"
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Specify the number of master clock readings per one slave clock update. Only
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the fastest reading is used to update the slave clock, this is useful to
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minimize the error caused by random delays in scheduling and bus utilization.
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The default is 5.
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.TP
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.BI \-O " offset"
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Specify the offset between the slave and master times in seconds. See
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.SM
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.B TIME SCALE USAGE
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below.
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.TP
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.BI \-L " freq-limit"
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The maximum allowed frequency offset between uncorrected clock and the system
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monotonic clock in parts per billion (ppb). This is used as a sanity check of
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the synchronized clock. When a larger offset is measured, a warning message
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will be printed and the servo will be reset. When set to 0, the sanity check is
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disabled. The default is 200000000 (20%).
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.TP
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.BI \-u " summary-updates"
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Specify the number of clock updates included in summary statistics. The
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statistics include offset root mean square (RMS), maximum absolute offset,
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frequency offset mean and standard deviation, and mean of the delay in clock
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readings and standard deviation. The units are nanoseconds and parts per
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billion (ppb). If zero, the individual samples are printed instead of the
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statistics. The messages are printed at the LOG_INFO level.
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The default is 0 (disabled).
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.TP
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.B \-w
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Wait until ptp4l is in a synchronized state. If the
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.B \-O
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option is not used, also keep the offset between the slave and master
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times updated according to the currentUtcOffset value obtained from ptp4l and
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the direction of the clock synchronization.
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.TP
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.BI \-n " domain-number"
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Specify the domain number used by ptp4l. The default is 0.
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.TP
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.B \-x
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When a leap second is announced, don't apply it in the kernel by stepping the
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clock, but let the servo correct the one-second offset slowly by changing the
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clock frequency (unless the
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.B \-S
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option is used).
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.TP
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.BI \-l " print-level"
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Set the maximum syslog level of messages which should be printed or sent to
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the system logger. The default is 6 (LOG_INFO).
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.TP
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.B \-m
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Print messages to the standard output.
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.TP
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.B \-q
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Don't send messages to the system logger.
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.TP
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.BI \-h
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Display a help message.
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.TP
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.B \-v
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Prints the software version and exits.
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.SH TIME SCALE USAGE
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.B Ptp4l
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uses either PTP time scale or UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) time
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scale. PTP time scale is continuous and shifted against UTC by a few tens of
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seconds as PTP time scale does not apply leap seconds.
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In hardware time stamping mode,
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.B ptp4l
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announces use of PTP time scale and PHC
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is used for the stamps. That means PHC must follow PTP time scale while system
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clock follows UTC. Time offset between these two is maintained by
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.BR phc2sys .
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.B Phc2sys
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acquires the offset value either by reading it from ptp4l when
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.B \-w
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is in effect or from command line when
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.B \-O
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is supplied. Failure to maintain the correct offset can result in local system
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clock being off some seconds to domain master system clock when in slave mode,
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or incorect PTP time announced to the network in case the host is the domain
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master.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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The host is a domain master, PTP clock is synchronized to system clock and the
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time offset is obtained from
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.BR ptp4l .
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.B Phc2sys
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waits for
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.B ptp4l
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to get at least one port in master or slave mode before starting the
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synchronization.
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.RS
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\f(CWphc2sys \-c /dev/ptp0 \-s CLOCK_REALTIME \-w\fP
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.RE
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Same as above, time offset is provided on command line and
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.B phc2sys
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does not wait for
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.BR ptp4l .
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.RS
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\f(CWphc2sys \-c /dev/ptp0 \-s CLOCK_REALTIME \-O 35\fP
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.RE
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The host is in slave mode, system clock is synchronized from PTP clock,
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.B phc2sys
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waits for
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.B ptp4l
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and the offset is set automatically.
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.RS
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\f(CWphc2sys \-s /dev/ptp0 \-w\fP
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.RE
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Same as above, PTP clock id is read from the network interface, the offset is
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provided on command line
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.B phc2sys
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does not wait.
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.RS
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\f(CWphc2sys \-s eth0 \-O \-35\fP
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.RE
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR ptp4l (8)
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