netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/4] net: phy: adin: implement support for 1588 start-of-packet indication

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Message-ID: <20200116140236.GH19046@lunn.ch>
Date:   Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:02:36 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     "Ardelean, Alexandru" <alexandru.Ardelean@...log.com>
Cc:     "hkallweit1@...il.com" <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "f.fainelli@...il.com" <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] net: phy: adin: implement support for 1588
 start-of-packet indication

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 01:58:55PM +0000, Ardelean, Alexandru wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-01-16 at 14:55 +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > [External]
> > 
> > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 11:14:53AM +0200, Alexandru Ardelean wrote:
> > > The ADIN1300 & ADIN1200 PHYs support detection of IEEE 1588 time stamp
> > > packets. This mechanism can be used to signal the MAC via a pulse-
> > > signal
> > > when the PHY detects such a packet.
> > 
> > Do you have patches for a MAC driver? I want to see how this connects
> > together.
> 
> Nope.
> 
> I admit that on the MAC side, I'm not yet familiar how this is integrated.
> I'd need to study this more in-depth.

O.K.

Then i suggest you post patch #1 as a single patch. And then work on
the MAC side, and post both MAC and PHY as a complete and tested
patchset.

Thanks
	Andrew