netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] PF_PACKET timestamping updates

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Date:	Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:07:15 +0200
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Cc:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Paul Chavent <Paul.Chavent@...ra.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] PF_PACKET timestamping updates

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 08:33:50AM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> 
> Does this solve the issue you raised, Richard? The patch does not
> change which timestamp is written, so the ring will still fall back on
> software if a hardware timestamp is unavailable. It now reports this
> to the application in tp_status, however, so that it can act
> accordingly (worst case: ignore the timestamp).

Yes, this looks like a nice solution.

Thanks,
Richard
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