netdev - Re: [net-next 4/6] igb: Store the MAC address in the name in the PTP struct.

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Date:	Fri, 7 Sep 2012 07:51:40 +0200
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	"Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Vick, Matthew" <matthew.vick@...el.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gospo@...hat.com" <gospo@...hat.com>,
	"sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 4/6] igb: Store the MAC address in the name in the
 PTP struct.

On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 11:40:23PM +0000, Keller, Jacob E wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ben Hutchings [mailto:bhutchings@...arflare.com]
> > 
> > The PTP clock is instantiated by some driver, bound to some device,
> > whether that's a PCI device or a platform device or something else.  I
> > think that device (not a net device) should be the parent of the clock
> > device.
> > 
> 
> Agreed, that would make the most sense.

Okay, makes sense, but that will require a change to the phc core.

For the present, I can buy Jacob's argument that the MAC address is a
way to clarify to the user that there are "unfortunate" multiple clock
instances.

Thanks,
Richard
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