netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] igb: enable internal PPS for the i210.

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Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:24:27 +0000
From:	"Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:	"richardcochran@...il.com" <richardcochran@...il.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"Vick, Matthew" <matthew.vick@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] igb: enable internal PPS for the i210.

On Tue, 2014-11-18 at 00:06 +0100, Richard Cochran wrote:
> The i210 device can produce an interrupt on the full second. This
> patch allows using this interrupt to generate an internal PPS event
> for adjusting the kernel system time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c |    6 ++++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c  |   32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
> index 7183a56..9412661 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
> @@ -5386,8 +5386,14 @@ void igb_update_stats(struct igb_adapter *adapter,
>  static void igb_tsync_interrupt(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
>  {
>  	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
> +	struct ptp_clock_event event;
>  	u32 tsicr = rd32(E1000_TSICR);
>  
> +	if (tsicr & TSINTR_SYS_WRAP) {
> +		event.type = PTP_CLOCK_PPS;
> +		ptp_clock_event(adapter->ptp_clock, &event);
> +	}
> +

Nice! I hadn't thought of using the SYS_WRAP around interrupt for pps.
Much simpler than having to setup a SDP pin trigger.

Regards,
Jake