[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Seeking for sponsorship for linuxptp (PTP/IEEE1588 implementation

[Tino Mettler]

Hi,

I'm seeking for a sponsor for linuxptp which I started to package
recently[1]. Maybe someone from the NTP folks is interested to jump in.

Here is the package description for further details:

Description: Precision Time Protocol (PTP, IEEE1588) implementation for
Linux
 Linuxptp is an implementation of the Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
 according to IEEE standard 1588 for Linux. Features include:
  - support for hardware and software time stamping via the Linux
    SO_TIMESTAMPING socket option.
  - supports for the Linux PTP Hardware Clock (PHC) subsystem by using the
    clock_gettime family of calls, including the new clock_adjtimex
    system call
  - implements Boundary Clock (BC) and Ordinary Clock (OC)
  - transport over UDP/IPv4, UDP/IPv6, and raw Ethernet (Layer 2)
  - supports IEEE 802.1AS-2011 in the role of end station

 PTP provides higher precision and faster synchronization than NTP even
 without hardware support. With hardware support, sub-microsecond accuracy
 can be expected. Whereas NTP is intended for WAN use, PTP is designed for
 LAN use and makes use of UDP multicast.

 A driver support matrix can be found on
 <http://linuxptp.sourceforge.net/#outline-container-5.3>. 

Regards,
Tino

[1] http://mentors.debian.net/package/linuxptp