linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: lan743x_ptp: convert to ktime_get_clocktai

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Date:   Sun, 19 Aug 2018 10:58:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     arnd@...db.de
Cc:     bryan.whitehead@...rochip.com, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        yuehaibing@...wei.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: lan743x_ptp: convert to ktime_get_clocktai_ts64

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 19:49:49 +0200

> timekeeping_clocktai64() has been renamed to ktime_get_clocktai_ts64()
> for consistency with the other ktime_get_* access functions.
> 
> Rename the new caller that has come up as well.
> 
> Question: this is the only ptp driver that sets the hardware time
> to the current system time in TAI. Why does it do that?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Deciding whether PTP drivers should set the hardware time at boot
to the current system time is a separate discussion from using
the new name for the timekeeping_clocktai64() interface, I'm applying
this.

Thanks Arnd.