netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Extend Time Stamping

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20100718.192420.146333161.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:24:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	richardcochran@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Extend Time Stamping

From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:48:02 +0200

> This patch set extends the packet time stamping capabilites of the
> network stack in two ways.
> 
> 1. The first patch presents a work-around for the TX software time
>    stamping fallback problem cited in cd4d8fdad1f1. The idea is to add
>    one inline function into each MAC driver. This function will act
>    as hooks for current (and possible future) time stamping needs,
>    once they are placed correctly within each MAC driver.
> 
> 2. The other patches prepare the way for PHY drivers to offer time
>    stamping.
> 
> I am preparing a new round of patches for PTP support, but it will
> require the changes in this patch set in order to function. Thus I
> would like to have this patch set reviewed (and hopefully merged) in
> order to go forward.

Ok this looks good enough to me to toss into net-next-2.6

All applied, thanks!
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html