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Message-ID: <1348328688.2521.81.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:44:48 +0100 From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com> To: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com> CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>, John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>, Matthew Vick <matthew.vick@...el.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 net-next 4/4] ptp: clarify the clock_name sysfs attribute On Sat, 2012-09-22 at 09:42 +0200, Richard Cochran wrote: > There has been some confusion among PHC driver authors about the > intended purpose of the clock_name attribute. This patch expands the > documation in order to clarify how the clock_name field should be > understood. > > Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com> > --- > Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp | 5 ++++- > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp > index d40d2b5..c906488 100644 > --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp > @@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ Date: September 2010 > Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com> > Description: > This file contains the name of the PTP hardware clock > - as a human readable string. > + as a human readable string. The purpose of this > + attribute is to provide the user with a "friendly > + name" and to help distinguish PHY based devices from > + MAC based ones. Might also be worth saying that it is not required to be unique. And this explanation should also go in the kernel-doc in ptp_clock_kernel.h, which is what driver writers are most likely to read. Ben. > What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/max_adjustment > Date: September 2010 -- Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked. -- 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
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