<div dir="ltr">I think it makes a lot of sense to make this configurable. However, I wonder if we should consider making it a collection with a priority levels instead of a single enum. I can envision a need for someone to say, "Use NTP when it's available, but if the network is down then use the host." <div><br></div><div>While we're on the subject, has anyone ever taken a look at using roughtime on a BMC? I imagine it could a really valuable extension to phosphor-time-manager some time in the future.</div><div><a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/roughtime/">https://blog.cloudflare.com/roughtime/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Richard</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 10:40 AM Velumani T-ERS,HCLTech <<a href="mailto:velumanit@hcl.com">velumanit@hcl.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US">
<div class="gmail-m_8573633271051800730WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">Classification: <span style="font-size:12pt">
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Team,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We wanted to add another time sync method in phosphor-time-manager to get the time from the host and set it to BMC. To have this option configurable I propose a dbus property in the time interface(given below). Please provide your feedback/comments.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-dbus-interfaces/blob/master/xyz/openbmc_project/Time/Synchronization.interface.yaml" target="_blank">https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-dbus-interfaces/blob/master/xyz/openbmc_project/Time/Synchronization.interface.yaml</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">enumerations:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - name: Method<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> description: ><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Possible methods of time synchronization.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> values:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - name: NTP<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> description: ><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Sync by using the Network Time Protocol.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - name: Manual<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> description: ><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Sync time manually.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> - name: HostSync<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> description: ><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Sync the time from host.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Velu<u></u><u></u></p>
</div>
<font face="Arial" color="Gray" size="1">::DISCLAIMER::<br>
<hr>
The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or
incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely
those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent
of authorized representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects.<br>
<hr>
</font>
</div>
</blockquote></div>