netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] Enable PPS and PTP clocks automatically

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Date:	Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:37:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	giometti@...eenne.com, richardcochran@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] Enable PPS and PTP clocks automatically

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 01:29:57 +0000

> There are a number of problems with PPS and PTP kconfig options:
> 
> 1. PPS and PTP_1588_CLOCK depend on EXPERIMENTAL, therefore so must the
>    clock drivers.  (And EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated.)
> 2. PTP_1588_CLOCK depends on PPS, so users or clock driver options must
>    explicitly select both.
> 3. In general, users have to enable too many options to get hardware
>    timestamps and PTP working.
> 4. Boolean options for clock drivers combined with net drivers can force
>    the PTP and PPS subsystems to be built-in unnecessarily.
> 
> This series changes the options as follows:
> 
> 1. Nothing depends on EXPERIMENTAL.
> 2. Only PTP_1588_CLOCK selects PPS.
> 3, 4. The boolean options are removed and the net driver options select
>    PTP_1588_CLOCK.  Where a net driver and associated clock driver are
>    separate modules, the clock driver remains optional but is default y.

Looks good, series applied, thanks.
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