Help¶

Create a TX timestamp thread that will pass the timestamped network
packets to some other module like gPTP for further processing.
If you just want to timestamp network packets and get information
how long the network packets flow in the system, you can disable
the thread support.

Direct dependencies¶

NET_PKT_TIMESTAMP && NETWORKING

(Includes any dependencies from ifs and menus.)

Default¶

y if NET_GPTP

Kconfig definition¶

At <Zephyr>/subsys/net/ip/Kconfig:750

Included via <Zephyr>/Kconfig:8 → <Zephyr>/Kconfig.zephyr:34 → <Zephyr>/subsys/Kconfig:39 → <Zephyr>/subsys/net/Kconfig:87

Menu path: (Top) → Sub Systems and OS Services → Networking → Link layer and IP networking support → IP stack → Enable network packet timestamp support

config NET_PKT_TIMESTAMP_THREAD
    bool "Create TX timestamp thread"
    default y if NET_GPTP
    depends on NET_PKT_TIMESTAMP && NETWORKING
    help
      Create a TX timestamp thread that will pass the timestamped network
      packets to some other module like gPTP for further processing.
      If you just want to timestamp network packets and get information
      how long the network packets flow in the system, you can disable
      the thread support.

(The ‘depends on’ condition includes propagated dependencies from ifs and menus.)