netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: igb: fix the start time for periodic output signals

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Message-ID: <1434063545.3530.11.camel@intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:59:05 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
	Matthew Vick <matthew.vick@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: igb: fix the start time for periodic output
 signals

On Thu, 2015-06-11 at 14:51 +0200, Richard Cochran wrote:
> When programming the start of a periodic output, the code wrongly
> places
> the seconds value into the "low" register and the nanoseconds into the
> "high" register.  Even though this is backwards, it slipped through my
> testing, because the re-arming code in the interrupt service routine
> is
> correct, and the signal does appear starting with the second edge.
> 
> This patch fixes the issue by programming the registers correctly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>

Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

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