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Message-ID: <20230511131008.so5vfvnc3mrbfeh6@skbuf> Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 16:10:08 +0300 From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com> To: Köry Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, glipus@...il.com, maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com, vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev, richardcochran@...il.com, gerhard@...leder-embedded.com, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, robh+dt@...nel.org, linux@...linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v4 3/5] dt-bindings: net: phy: add timestamp preferred choice property On Tue, May 02, 2023 at 11:10:43AM +0200, Köry Maincent wrote: > If a future PHY, featured like this TI PHYTER, is supported in the future the > default timestamp will be the MAC and we won't be able to select the PHY by > default. > Another example is my case with the 88E151x PHY, on the Russell side with the > Macchiatobin board, the MAC is more precise, and in my side with a custom board > with macb MAC, the PHY is more precise. Be able to select the prefer one from > devicetree is convenient. If convenience is all that there is, I guess that's not a very strong argument for putting something in the device tree which couldn't have been handled by user space through an init script, and nothing would have been broken as a result of that.
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