ptp4l failed to start with ioctl SIOCETHTOOL failed: No such device

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

The ptp4l service failed to start with the following errors

ptp4l: [13402.956] ioctl SIOCETHTOOL failed: No such device
ptp4l: failed to create a clock
ptp4l: [13402.957] PTP device not specified and automatic determination is not supported. Please specify PTP device.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • 8
    • 9
  • linuxptp

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