[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:45:47 -0800 (PST)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: olteanv@...il.com
Cc: richardcochran@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
vivien.didelot@...il.com, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com,
netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] Unlock new potential in SJA1105 with PTP
system timestamping
From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 13:32:21 +0200
> The SJA1105 being an automotive switch means it is designed to live in a
> set-and-forget environment, far from the configure-at-runtime nature of
> Linux. Frequently resetting the switch to change its static config means
> it loses track of its PTP time, which is not good.
>
> This patch series implements PTP system timestamping for this switch
> (using the API introduced for SPI here:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg316725.html),
> adding the following benefits to the driver:
> - When under control of a user space PTP servo loop (ptp4l, phc2sys),
> the loss of sync during a switch reset is much more manageable, and
> the switch still remains in the s2 (locked servo) state.
> - When synchronizing the switch using the software technique (based on
> reading clock A and writing the value to clock B, as opposed to
> relying on hardware timestamping), e.g. by using phc2sys, the sync
> accuracy is vastly improved due to the fact that the actual switch PTP
> time can now be more precisely correlated with something of better
> precision (CLOCK_REALTIME). The issue is that SPI transfers are
> inherently bad for measuring time with low jitter, but the newly
> introduced API aims to alleviate that issue somewhat.
>
> This series is also a requirement for a future patch set that adds full
> time-aware scheduling offload support for the switch.
Series applied, thank you.
Powered by blists - more mailing lists