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Message-ID: <20240118152353.syk3v7kgf3mutqpp@DEN-DL-M31836.microchip.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:23:53 +0100
From: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC: <hkallweit1@...il.com>, <linux@...linux.org.uk>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] net: micrel: Fix set/get PHC time for lan8814
The 01/18/2024 14:52, Andrew Lunn wrote:
Hi Andrew,
>
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 09:59:16AM +0100, Horatiu Vultur wrote:
> > When setting or getting PHC time, the higher bits of the second time (>32
> > bits) they were ignored. Meaning that setting some time in the future like
> > year 2150, it was failing to set this.
>
> Stable rules say:
>
> It must either fix a real bug that bothers people...
>
> Do we have users of this device in 2150?
No, and it is not like a customer raise this issue because they have
some special cases. It was me who discover it by accident and I
found it annoying not being able to do something that is that simple.
I mean, I just want to set the time and then be able to read it back.
>
> Maybe submit this for net-next?
Anyway, I don't have strong feelings about this, if it goes to net or
net-next, I just want to fix this at some point :)
>
> Andrew
--
/Horatiu
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