ptp4l send delay request failed and minimum delay request 2^-4 then timeout

jimmy21 — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 22:41:46 GMT

When running ptp4l as a slave I face (every few second) get the following error:

ptp4l[556.407]: timed out while polling for tx timestamp
ptp4l[556.408]: increasing tx_timestamp_timeout may correct this issue, but it is likely caused by a driver bug

see please attached two photo log history of the problem -

https://im.ge/i/7C2o1

https://im.ge/i/7CSUf

If I do increase tx_timestamp_timeout, the error happens less frequently, but at 10 ms, ten times the default, it still happens frequently.

As I understand it, the tx timpestamp is returned by the SoC itself after sending the delay request message, so it is strange that it should take this much time. I don't whether the ptp4l author means that it is a driver bug when it takes much time, or when the timestamp does not arrive at all. I can see that the timestamp always arrive eventually when this happens by re-polling.

How come it takes so long time to get back the timestamp? Is this a bug? If not, how long should the timeout value be? how do I fix the problem to prevent that bug happen?

My kernel is based on linux centos ssh.

Re: ptp4l send delay request failed and minimum delay request 2^-4 then timeout

jimmy21 — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 22:45:29 GMT

@yipingwang

@lpm

Appreciated much you both can help me to fix that problem/bug.

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