netdev - Re: PTP_PEROUT_REQUEST and clock stepping

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Message-ID: <CABkLOboeo_+37rE84gPTEKnmXD+599fRtnBZSR465y9aZeOdrw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:24:49 +0200
From:	Christian Riesch <christian.riesch@...cron.at>
To:	Daniel Glöckner <dg@...ix.com>
Cc:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PTP_PEROUT_REQUEST and clock stepping

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Daniel Glöckner <dg@...ix.com> wrote:
> Only a small fraction of people
> using periodic outputs will want to schedule the start of the signal at
> a specific time in the future and only a fraction of those will use a
> .period value that is so small that they can't use a timer to configure
> the periodic output within .period/2 before the desired start time.

Ok, I got it now. So you are suggesting to change the behavior of
PTP_PEROUT_REQUEST, aren't you? And break existing applications?
Christian
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