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Message-ID: <aLmOfsgjumBX3ftE@hoboy.vegasvil.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 06:05:02 -0700
From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To: Wei Fang <wei.fang@....com>
Cc: "andrew+netdev@...n.ch" <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
	"pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
	Clark Wang <xiaoning.wang@....com>, Frank Li <frank.li@....com>,
	"Y.B. Lu" <yangbo.lu@....com>,
	"christophe.leroy@...roup.eu" <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"imx@...ts.linux.dev" <imx@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] ptp: add pulse signal loopback support for
 debugging

On Thu, Sep 04, 2025 at 01:55:43AM +0000, Wei Fang wrote:
> Vladimir helped explain its purpose in the thread, do you still think
> it is pointless?

Vladimir gave practical examples for the use case, so no objection
from my side.  I just wanted to understand how this is useful.

Next time, it would be helpful to have that info in the cover letter.

Thanks,
Richard


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