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Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:20:47 -0800
From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
John Ronciak <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V2 0/2] igb: ptp hardware clock
On Mon, 2011-12-26 at 13:26 +0100, Richard Cochran wrote:
> * ChangeLog V2
> - Fixed wrong bit shifting in the 82576 code.
> - Explained the timestamp locking with a comment in the code.
> - Preserved the comments from the original timecompare implementation.
> - Added an additional test within the overflow counter code to fix
> a race condition. Details of the problem are given in the commit
> message.
>
> This patch series implements a PHC driver for the Intel 82576 and
> 82580 devices, as part of the igb driver.
>
> The first patch adds the PHC driver code as a new source module but
> does not link it into the main igb driver. Because the system time
> counter is not so very wide, the code implements an overflow counter
> in software. Every read operation maintains the overflow counter, as
> does a "delayed work" watchdog. Only the base clock operations are
> implemented. The hardware does have some ancillary features, but these
> can be easily added later.
>
> The second patch removes the timecompare code and links in the new
> functions.
>
> I have tested the 82580 with good results. However, I don't have the
> 82576 and so would appreciate testing and feedback.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
>
> Richard Cochran (2):
> igb: add PTP Hardware Clock code
> igb: offer a PTP Hardware Clock instead of the timecompare method
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/Makefile | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h | 21 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 167 +----------
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c | 486 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 505 insertions(+), 171 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c
>
We found an issue with this series of patches, if we did not have
CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK enabled in the kernel, the igb driver would not
compile.
So I would suggest wrapping the portions of code with #ifdef
CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK.
I will await v3 of the series, thanks Richard for this work!
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