netdev - RE: [PATCH 4/6] ptp: add api to get ptp seq id and event type from skb

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Message-ID: <EB1619762EAF8B4E97A227FB77B7E0293E9FD904@DBDE01.ent.ti.com>
Date:	Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:32:20 +0000
From:	"N, Mugunthan V" <mugunthanvnm@...com>
To:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 4/6] ptp: add api to get ptp seq id and event type from
 skb

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Cochran [mailto:richardcochran@...il.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 5:06 PM
> To: N, Mugunthan V
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; davem@...emloft.net
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] ptp: add api to get ptp seq id and event type
> from skb
> 
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:46:50AM +0000, N, Mugunthan V wrote:
> >
> > Yeah agreed on static function too long, but this can be kept inside
> PTP
> > frame work as every driver needs to use this API to parse the PTP
> events
> > from the skb.
> 
> No, not every driver need this code. Otherwise it would already exist
> in every driver.
> 
> Although some of the hardware does provide packet metadata for
> matching time stamps to payloads, each hardware that I know of has its
> own subtle differences in this regard.
> 

Ok, will move this code to CPTS driver itself.

Regards
Mugunthan V N
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