netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/8] net-timestamp: explicit SO

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20140708054919.GA3977@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 8 Jul 2014 07:49:19 +0200
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	Chad Reese <kreese@...ium.com>
Cc:	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	Chad Reese <kreese@...iumnetworks.com>,
	David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/8] net-timestamp: explicit SO_TIMESTAMPING
 ancillary data struct

On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 02:08:57PM -0700, Chad Reese wrote:
> 
> No, it was 1ns. Who would go through all this effort if all you
> wanted was 1us?  Our requirement was within 20ns, but me managed to
> get 1ns with a lab setup. We had to be careful that the scope probes
> used in the measurement were the same length.

Well, in a lab, carefully compensating for phy delays, etc, etc,
achieving 1ns is one thing. As a general statement, telling the
public, "our PTP hardware synchronizes to within one nanosecond",
is quite another thing.

Thanks,
Richard
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html