netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: stmmac: allow generation of flexible PPS relative to MAC time

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Message-ID: <b25eff85-73fd-45b3-b92f-5cc0a86011c7@foss.st.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:05:39 +0200
From: Gatien CHEVALLIER <gatien.chevallier@...s.st.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
        "David S. Miller"
	<davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni
	<pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre
 Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        Richard Cochran
	<richardcochran@...il.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: stmmac: allow generation of flexible
 PPS relative to MAC time



On 7/28/25 17:58, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:15:07 +0200 Gatien CHEVALLIER wrote:
>> Maybe we could compare the time to the current MAC system
>> time and, if the start time is in the past, consider the
>> value to be an offset. Therefore, any value set in the past
>> would be considered as an offset. I see some implementations
>> doing either that or replacing any value set in the past to
>> a safe start + a fixed offset.
> 
> Let's try this.

Ok, I sent a V2 with a proposal implementing this behavior.
Thank you.