netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 06/18] ravb: Factorise ptp feature

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Date:   Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:41:13 +0000
From:   Biju Das <biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@...russia.ru>,
        Adam Ford <aford173@...il.com>,
        Yuusuke Ashizuka <ashiduka@...itsu.com>,
        Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org" 
        <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Chris Paterson <Chris.Paterson2@...esas.com>,
        Biju Das <biju.das@...renesas.com>,
        Prabhakar Mahadev Lad <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 06/18] ravb: Factorise ptp feature

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the feedback.

> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/18] ravb: Factorise ptp feature
> 
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 09:01:29AM +0000, Biju Das wrote:
> > Hi Sergei,
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback.
> >
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/18] ravb: Factorise ptp feature
> > >
> > > HEllo!
> > >
> > > On 7/22/21 5:13 PM, Biju Das wrote:
> > >
> > > > Gptp is active in CONFIG mode for R-Car Gen3, where as it is not
> > >
> > >    It's gPTP, the manuals say. :-)
> >
> > Ok.
> >
> > >
> > > > active in CONFIG mode for R-Car Gen2. Add feature bits to handle
> > > > both cases.
> > >
> > >    I have no idea why this single diff requires 2 fetaure bits....
> >
> > Basically this is a HW feature.
> >
> > 1) for R-Car Gen3, gPTP is active in config mode (R-Car Gen3)
> > 2) for R-Car Gen2, gPTP is not active in config mode (R-Car Gen2)
> > 3) RZ/G2L does not support ptp feature.
> 
> This is useful information to put in he commit message. The commit message
> should answer the question "Why is this change being made?", since what is
> being changed should be obvious from the patch.

OK. will add this in commit description.

Regards,
Biju

> 
>       Andrew