linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH (net.git)] stmmac: fix and review the ptp registration.

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Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2016 15:10:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     peppe.cavallaro@...com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        alexandre.torgue@...com, rayagond@...avyalabs.com,
        dan.carpenter@...cle.com, nico@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH (net.git)] stmmac: fix and review the ptp registration.

From: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 09:06:41 +0200

> The commit commit 7086605a6ab5 ("stmmac: fix error check when init ptp")
> breaks the procedure added by the
> commit efee95f42b5d ("ptp_clock: future-proofing drivers against PTP
> subsystem becoming optional")
> 
> So this patch tries to re-import the logic added by the latest
> commit above: it makes sense to have the stmmac_ptp_register
> as void function and, inside the main, the stmmac_init_ptp can fails
> in case of the capability cannot be supported by the HW.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>

Applied.