[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <20231016100313.36d4eab9@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 10:03:13 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Köry Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@...il.com>,
Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev>,
Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>,
UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
Broadcom internal kernel review list
<bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
Radu Pirea <radu-nicolae.pirea@....nxp.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 08/16] net: ethtool: Add a command to expose
current time stamping layer
On Mon, 16 Oct 2023 18:23:07 +0200 Köry Maincent wrote:
> > What's the reason for timestamp precision differences?
> > My understanding so far was the the differences come from:
> > 1. different stamping device (i.e. separate "piece of silicon",
> > accessed over a different bus, with different PHC etc.)
> > 2. different stamping point (MAC vs DMA)
> >
> > I don't think any "integrated" device would support stamps which
> > differ under category 1.
>
> It was a case reported by Maxime on v3:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230324112541.0b3dd38a@pc-7.home/
IMHO this talks about how clock control/disciplining works which
is a somewhat independent topic of timestamping.
Powered by blists - more mailing lists