[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] app/testpmd: enabled control for packet timestamps

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Tue Apr 25 18:22:17 CEST 2017


Hi,

25/04/2017 16:02, Wu, Jingjing:
> From: Oleg Kuporosov
> > Implemented two methods of control
> > 
> > - by --enable-timestamps CL testpmd application we can enable timestamping
> >   for all ports;
> > - in interactive mode port config <port> timestamps on|off is able to
> >   configure timestamping per specific port.
> > 
> > The control doesn't interact with IEEE1588 PTP implementation there as it is
> > under macro compilation but can be extended in the future.
> > 
> > This feature is required for debugging/testing purposes for real time HW packet
> > timestamping.
> 
> We have ieee1588fwd.c to demo the timesync enable/disable, can we reuse
> The fwd engine instead of defining new commands?

Yes for IEEE1588 feature, we should use app/test-pmd/ieee1588fwd.c.

There is more to say about this feature.

The main goal of this patchset was to add a timestamp in the mbuf.
It has been done by another patchset in 17.05.
Do we know how to test this timestamp in testpmd?

About IEEE1588 feature, why is there a config option?
	CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IEEE1588
A feature should never be disabled at compile time.
There is also a runtime enablement with rte_eth_timesync_enable().

I think we need some discussions here.
Thanks


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