TimeSync

Time Synchronization on Programmable data plane for Time-Sensitive Networking

Action Items

• Notes about timestamps and timekeeping in Netronome SmartNICs
• Reading IEEE 802.1AS
• Writing the goals of this paper with clarity (what do you wish to achieve?)

Installation of linuxptp

Check if the following parameters in /boot/config-5.15.0-72-generic are set to y or m

• CONFIG_PPS
• CONFIG_NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING
• PTP_1588_CLOCK

Disable the timesyncd (or) chronyd service

sudo timedatectl set-ntp off

Make changes in the /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf

[main]
plugins = keyfile

[keyfile]
unmanaged-devices=interface-name:eth0

sudo service network-manager restart

Installing the linuxptp repository

git clone http://git.code.sf.net/p/linuxptp/code linuxptp

cd linuxptp

make

sudo make install