netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: uapi: Add HWTSTAMP_FLAGS_ADJ_FINE/ADJ

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Date:   Thu, 14 May 2020 17:29:04 -0700
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Olivier Dautricourt <olivier.dautricourt@...lia.com>
Cc:     Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: uapi: Add HWTSTAMP_FLAGS_ADJ_FINE/ADJ_COARSE

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 05:20:41PM +0200, Olivier Dautricourt wrote:
> Can't we consider this as a time stamp settings ?

No.  It really is not a time stamp setting at all.

> I don't see where we could put those driver-specific flags.
> That flag field was reserved for futher improvements so i found
> it acceptable to specify that here.

This field is for possible future changes in time stamps, not clock
inputs or servo modes.

Thanks,
Richard