On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 13:44:43 +0000, Lange Norbert wrote: > Hello, > > ptp4l can find the fitting ptp device (without eth tool), this doesnt seem to > be a problem.
You are the second person stating this today, but I still think it is a misunderstanding regarding the network interface (like eth0) and the ptp device (/dev/ptpX). > The only time where you don`t have to specify a ethernet device might > be if you have only one (cant test this now). I can attest that it > will complain if you have a single one that would be PTP capable, but > have multiple others as well. It will always complain. Both according to the documentation and according to my own setup (one ethernet interface -> still need to specify the ethernet interface). Regards, Tino