netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ptp: Add mock device

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Message-ID: <8ea4c7d5-28bd-4ea4-ba43-3cd3e8a6162b@t-8ch.de>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 21:15:47 +0100
From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, 
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ptp: Add mock device

On 2025-02-03 21:07:29+0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 08:50:46PM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > While working on the PTP core or userspace components,
> > a real PTP device is not always available.
> > Introduce a tiny module which creates a mock PTP device.
> 
> What does this add which netdevsim does not provide?

Nothing. I did not know this existed.
Thanks for the hint.


Thomas