linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC V1 net-next 3/4] net: Let the active time stamping layer be selectable.

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Message-ID: <20220405154821.GB6509@hoboy.vegasvil.org>
Date:   Tue, 5 Apr 2022 08:48:21 -0700
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
        Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>,
        Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux@...linux.org.uk, mlichvar@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        qiangqing.zhang@....com, vladimir.oltean@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC V1 net-next 3/4] net: Let the active time stamping
 layer be selectable.

On Tue, Apr 05, 2022 at 03:29:05PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:

> Maybe. Device tree is supposed to describe the hardware, not how you
> configure the hardware. Which PTP you using is a configuration choice,
> so i expect some people will argue it should not be in DT.

+1

Pure DT means no configuration choices.

(but you find many examples that break the rules!)

Thanks,
Richard