netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 4/5] Convert netdevsim driver to use ndo_hwtstamp

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Date:   Wed, 5 Apr 2023 15:18:48 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     Maxim Georgiev <glipus@...il.com>
Cc:     kory.maincent@...tlin.com, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com, vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev,
        richardcochran@...il.com, gerhard@...leder-embedded.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 4/5] Convert netdevsim driver to use
 ndo_hwtstamp_get/set for hw timestamp requests

On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 12:33:30AM -0600, Maxim Georgiev wrote:
> Changing netdevsim driver to use the newly introduced ndo_hwtstamp_get/set
> callback functions instead of implementing full-blown SIOCGHWTSTAMP/
> SIOCSHWTSTAMP IOCTLs handling logic.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Maxim Georgiev <glipus@...il.com>
> ---

The commit message describes a conversion, but this isn't a conversion,
it's new functionality (which to my eyes is also incomplete).

Also, what happened to:

| I'd vote to split netdevsim out, and it needs a selftest which
| exercises it under tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/
| to get merged...

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230403141918.3257a195@kernel.org/