netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 5/5] net-timestamp: tx timestamping default mode flag

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Message-ID: <20150112082612.GA5348@netboy>
Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:26:14 +0100
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Cc:	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 5/5] net-timestamp: tx timestamping default
 mode flag

On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 08:49:00PM -0500, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> Just so I understand: ptp has no use for the sw tstamps
> that would be generated with this flag, but is otherwise
> okay with enabling counters to order tx timestamps
> (OPT_ID) and disabling payload (OPT_TSONLY)?

Yes.

> In the documentation, I would like to strongly suggest all
> processes to enable these, even in absence of this default.
> because that is more robust wrt the sysctl (if merged).

Sounds good.

Thanks,
Richard
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