netdev - Re: [PATCH ethtool] Add the command to show the time stamping capabilities.

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Date:	Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:23:32 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Martin Porter <mporter@...arflare.com>,
	Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	John Ronciak <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ethtool] Add the command to show the time stamping
 capabilities.

On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 20:25 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-04-01 at 17:23 +0200, Richard Cochran wrote:
[...]
> > +	if (info->tx_types & (1 << HWTSTAMP_TX_OFF))
> > +		fprintf(stdout, "HWTSTAMP_TX_OFF\n");
> > +
> > +	if (info->tx_types & (1 << HWTSTAMP_TX_ON))
> > +		fprintf(stdout, "HWTSTAMP_TX_ON\n");
> > +
> > +	if (info->tx_types & (1 << HWTSTAMP_TX_ONESTEP_SYNC))
> > +		fprintf(stdout, "HWTSTAMP_TX_ONESTEP_SYNC\n");
> 
> If there is no hardware timestamping available then shouldn't we see
> HWTSTAMP_TX_OFF reported here?  But that's going to be the case.  Not
                                            +not

> sure whether the kernel or the ethtool utility should deal with that,
> but don't assume the ethtool utility is the only consumer.
[...]

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare
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