This article provides information about the clksync_ptp_apply_gcfg syslog messages upon configuration commit. These messages are used by Juniper Engineers for debugging purposes and has no impact on service.
clksync_ptp_apply_gcfg syslog
The Clock Synchronization Process checks all FPC status upon any interface configuration changes such as add or delete. PTP (Precision Time Protocol) related messages are generated regardless if you have PTP configured on the router.
fpc0 Posting op 1 for PTP global gencfg arg 0x4c677240 flg 0x0 fpc0 Processing op 1 for PTP global gencfg arg 0x4c677240 flg 0x1 fpc0 clksync_ptp_apply_gcfg: Catastrophic Flag Status, Global: 0, Slave: 0, Master: 0 fpc0 clksync_ptp_apply_gcfg: Freq-only mode is disabled fpc0 PTP global gencfg processed successfully
MX480 Junos 14.2R1.8 FPC 0 : MPC Type 1 3D Q FPC 3 : DPCE 20x 1GE + 2x 10GE R
set interfaces ge-3/0/0 unit 0
user@router-re0# delete interfaces ge-3/0/0 user@router-re0# commit | display detail --- snip --- 2016-11-28 15:02:16 XXX: notifying clksyncd(103) 2016-11-28 15:02:16 XXX: signaling 'Ethernet Clock Synchronization Process', pid 1779, signal 1, status 0 with notification errors enabled --- snip --- 2016-11-28 15:02:16 XXX: commit complete commit complete user@router-re0# run show log messages | match ptp Nov 28 15:02:16.561 router-re0 : %PFE-7: fpc0 Posting op 1 for PTP global gencfg arg 0x4c20cae8 flg 0x0 Nov 28 15:02:16.561 router-re0 : %PFE-7: fpc0 Processing op 1 for PTP global gencfg arg 0x4c20cae8 flg 0x1 Nov 28 15:02:16.659 router-re0 : %PFE-7: fpc0 clksync_ptp_apply_gcfg: Catastrophic Flag Status, Global: 0, Slave: 0, Master: 0 Nov 28 15:02:16.779 router-re0 : %PFE-5: fpc0 clksync_ptp_apply_gcfg: Freq-only mode is disabled Nov 28 15:02:16.871 router-re0 : %PFE-7: fpc0 PTP global gencfg processed successfully
These syslog messages do not impact service and can be safely ignored. They are suppressed in Junos 13.3R7, 14.1R5, 14.2R3, 15.1R2 and 16.1R1.