netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 09/12] ionic: add and enable tx and rx timestamp handling

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Message-ID: <20210407002929.GB30525@hoboy.vegasvil.org>
Date:   Tue, 6 Apr 2021 17:29:29 -0700
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        drivers@...sando.io, Allen Hubbe <allenbh@...sando.io>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 09/12] ionic: add and enable tx and rx timestamp
 handling

On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 04:06:09PM -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote:
> Interesting... I doubt that our particular MAC and PHY will ever be
> separate, but it makes sense to watch for this in the general case. I've got
> an update coming for this.

Even if your HW can never support stacked MAC/PHY HW time stamping,
still your driver should conform to the correct pattern.

Why?  Because new driver authors copy/paste stuff they find in the tree.

Thanks,
Richard