On 9/21/2023 10:18 AM, lihuisong (C) wrote: > > 在 2023/9/16 1:29, Ferruh Yigit 写道: >> On 8/17/2023 9:42 AM, Huisong Li wrote: >>> If a port doesn't support PTP, there is no need to keep running >>> app. So this patch adds the check for PTP capability. >>> >>> Fixes: 7a04a4f67dca ("examples/ptpclient: enable Rx timestamp offload") >>> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuis...@huawei.com> >>> Signed-off-by: Dongdong Liu <liudongdo...@huawei.com> >>> --- >>> examples/ptpclient/ptpclient.c | 5 +++++ >>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/examples/ptpclient/ptpclient.c >>> b/examples/ptpclient/ptpclient.c >>> index cdf2da64df..181d8fb357 100644 >>> --- a/examples/ptpclient/ptpclient.c >>> +++ b/examples/ptpclient/ptpclient.c >>> @@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ port_init(uint16_t port, struct rte_mempool >>> *mbuf_pool) >>> if (dev_info.rx_offload_capa & RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_TIMESTAMP) >>> port_conf.rxmode.offloads |= RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_TIMESTAMP; >>> + else { >>> + printf("port(%u) doesn't support PTP: %s\n", port, >>> + strerror(-retval)); >>> + return -ENOTSUP; >>> + } >>> >> I am not sure why TIMESTAMP offload is required for PTP, I think there >> is a confusion. > If TIMESTAMP offload is not required for PTP, there isn't PTP offload in > ethdev lib. >
What do you mean with "PTP offload"? If you check the ptpclient sample app, it parses ptp packets in the application. >> >> >> Gagandeep, Hemant, >> Can you please clarify why TIMESTAMP offload is enabled? > looking forward to your reply. >> >> .