linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 1/2] ptp: introduce Alibaba CIPU PHC driver

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Message-ID: <e39cb477-a011-4c55-98d7-124f00301654@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:40:01 +0800
From: Wen Gu <guwen@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
 xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com, dust.li@...ux.alibaba.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 1/2] ptp: introduce Alibaba CIPU PHC driver



On 2025/12/17 05:58, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

> I talked to Thomas Gleixner (added to CC) during LPC and he seemed
> open to creating a PHC subsystem for pure time devices in virtualized
> environments. Please work with him and other vendors trying to
> upstream similar drivers.

Thank you for your patience and help.

I’ll work with Thomas and other potential vendors, likely starting with
an RFC to collect ideas and reach consensus on a dedicated subsystem for
PHC in non-NIC scenarios.

Regards.