commit e9d347b257c313e90c85e78a8d344ce2d4ac966a Author: Stephen Wadeley swadeley@redhat.com Date: Wed Jul 30 23:40:36 2014 +0200
Remove <application/> tags from Fedora
en-US/Configuring_PTP_Using_ptp4l.xml | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- diff --git a/en-US/Configuring_PTP_Using_ptp4l.xml b/en-US/Configuring_PTP_Using_ptp4l.xml index 7288ff7..ad6a2b6 100644 --- a/en-US/Configuring_PTP_Using_ptp4l.xml +++ b/en-US/Configuring_PTP_Using_ptp4l.xml @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <section id="sec-Introduction_to_PTP"> <title>Introduction to PTP</title> <para> - The <firstterm>Precision Time Protocol</firstterm> (<acronym>PTP</acronym>) is a protocol used to synchronize clocks in a network. When used in conjunction with hardware support, <systemitem class="protocol">PTP</systemitem> is capable of sub-microsecond accuracy, which is far better than is normally obtainable with <systemitem class="protocol">NTP</systemitem>. <systemitem class="protocol">PTP</systemitem> support is divided between the kernel and user space. The kernel in <application>Fedora</application> includes support for <systemitem class="protocol">PTP</systemitem> clocks, which are provided by network drivers. The actual implementation of the protocol is known as <application>linuxptp</application>, a <systemitem class="protocol">PTPv2</systemitem> implementation according to the IEEE standard 1588 for Linux. + The <firstterm>Precision Time Protocol</firstterm> (<acronym>PTP</acronym>) is a protocol used to synchronize clocks in a network. When used in conjunction with hardware support, <systemitem class="protocol">PTP</systemitem> is capable of sub-microsecond accuracy, which is far better than is normally obtainable with <systemitem class="protocol">NTP</systemitem>. <systemitem class="protocol">PTP</systemitem> support is divided between the kernel and user space. The kernel in Fedora includes support for <systemitem class="protocol">PTP</systemitem> clocks, which are provided by network drivers. The actual implementation of the protocol is known as <application>linuxptp</application>, a <systemitem class="protocol">PTPv2</systemitem> implementation according to the IEEE standard 1588 for Linux. </para> <para> The <package>linuxptp</package> package includes the <application>ptp4l</application> and <application>phc2sys</application> programs for clock synchronization. The <application>ptp4l</application> program implements the <systemitem class="protocol">PTP</systemitem> boundary clock and ordinary clock. With hardware time stamping, it is used to synchronize the <systemitem class="protocol">PTP</systemitem> hardware clock to the master clock, and with software time stamping it synchronizes the system clock to the master clock. The <application>phc2sys</application> program is needed only with hardware time stamping, for synchronizing the system clock to the <systemitem class="protocol">PTP</systemitem> hardware clock on the <firstterm>network interface card</firstterm> (<acronym>NIC</acronym>). @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ should include: <section id="sec-Installing_PTP"> <title>Installing PTP</title> <para> - The kernel in <application>Fedora</application> includes support for <systemitem class="protocol">PTP</systemitem>. User space support is provided by the tools in the <application>linuxptp</application> package. To install <application>linuxptp</application>, issue the following command as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>: + The kernel in Fedora includes support for <systemitem class="protocol">PTP</systemitem>. User space support is provided by the tools in the <application>linuxptp</application> package. To install <application>linuxptp</application>, issue the following command as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>: <screen>~]# <command>yum install linuxptp</command></screen> This will install <application>ptp4l</application> and <application>phc2sys</application>. </para>