On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 19:43:13 +0000
Maciek Machnikowski <maciejm(a)nvidia.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen(a)networkplumber.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 6:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: PTP-optimization code upstreamed
> >
> > On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 14:23:41 +0100
> >
> > The process for contributing to upstream kernel is very well documented.
> > Links to github is useful, but does not start the upstream process.
> >
> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-
> > patches.html#submittingpatches
> >
> > When can we expect patch set to show up on this mailing list?
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> This code is not intended to be upstreamed, since it is a set of python scripts
> optimizing phc2sys and ptp4l servo.
> It reached the netdev mail list because it was presented on the NetDev
> conference, and some people were interested in them during the presentation.
>
> Have a great day!
> Maciek
Sure thanks. It still might be good to have this in tools directory.
Or somewhere related to kernel.
On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 14:23:41 +0100
Marta Plantykow <marta.a.plantykow(a)intel.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Together with Maciej Machnikowski <maciej.machikowski(a)intel.com>
> <maciejm(a)nvidia.com> and Milena Olech <milena.olech(a)intel.com> we would
> like to inform you, that the source code of the script used to prepare the
> Netdev 0x15 presentation called “Precision Time Protocol optimization
> using genetic algorithm” [0] was recently open sourced. The developed
> framework provides an easy-to-use automated methodology of tuning the
> Proportional-Integral controller embedded in the linuxptp project. In our
> research we’ve reached up to 32% smaller mean squared error returned by
> phc2sys test (comparing to default PI controller settings).
>
> The code is available under this link [1] along with a short
> documentation. A NIC and a driver that supports 1588 is required to run
> this test efficiently. All contributions will be considered for acceptance
> through pull requests. Do not hesitate to contact us in case of any
> questions or concerns.
>
> Marta
>
> [0] https://netdevconf.info/0x15/session.html?Precision-Time-Protocol-optimizat…
> [1] https://github.com/intel/PTP-optimization
The process for contributing to upstream kernel is very well documented.
Links to github is useful, but does not start the upstream process.
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#subm…
When can we expect patch set to show up on this mailing list?