linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] net: add net-device TX clock source selection framework

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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 13:02:22 +0200
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: "Kubalewski, Arkadiusz" <arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] net: add net-device TX clock source selection
 framework

Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 04:09:03PM +0200, arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com wrote:
>>From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 2:26 PM
>>
>>Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 12:45:28PM +0200, arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com
>>wrote:
>>
>>[...]
>>
>>>User interface:
>>>- Read /sys/class/net/<device>/tx_clk/<clock_name> to get status (0/1)
>>>- Write "1" to switch to that clock source
>>
>>I wonder, if someone invented a time machine and sent me back to 2005...
>>
>
>Probably temporarily, but this was quickest to invent :S
>
>Creating a single DPLL device for each PF/port seems overshot,
>Could go with extending netdev-genl

That would be my first choice.

>Any other ideas?
>
>Thank you!
>Arkadiusz
>
>>[...]