Auto-connections for linuxptp

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LinuxPTP synchronizes clocks over Ethernet using the IEEE 1588 and IEEE 802.1AS standards. It includes utilities to synchronize supported network interface cards’ internal precision hardware clocks (PHC), PPS signals from GPS receivers, as well as the system clock.

Our snapped version of LinuxPTP is published on the store. The source code of the packaging is on Github. It makes use of the official upstream source code on Sourceforge.

The LinuxPTP snap requires the following interfaces, for which we are requesting auto connection assertions:

  • network-control - enable RX and TX hardware time stamping (SIOCSHWTSTAMP)
  • time-control - synchronize the system clock from the network (clock_adjtime)
  • ptp - access the PTP subsystem and files (e.g. /dev/ptp0)
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+1 from me, these fit the purpose of the snap

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@cav do you maybe know who else we can ask to vote on this, please?

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Hey @jpm-canonical

Sorry for the delay in processing this request.

+1 also from me as the requested interfaces seems to be aligned with the snap functionality

+2 for, 0 against granting linuxptp auto-connection to network-control, time-control and ptp. The publisher is vetted. This is now live.

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