netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: remove legacy way to get/set HW timestamp config

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Message-ID: <c548e847-ec4a-4aeb-99c0-c48342a21a11@linux.dev>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:31:05 +0000
From: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>
To: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
Cc: 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>,
 Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
 Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: remove legacy way to get/set HW
 timestamp config

On 15/01/2026 11:58, Kory Maincent wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:44:13 +0000
> Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev> wrote:
> 
>> With all drivers converted to use ndo_hwstamp callbacks the legacy way
>> can be removed, marking ioctl interface as deprecated.
> 
> Thanks for all this work converting drivers to ndo_hwtstamp!
> 
> Maybe you can also remove this:
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c#L1834

Hmm... looks like left-over from the drivers cleaning part. I'll remove
it in next version.

> 
> And in the driver development part of the documentation to avoid any new driver
> with it:
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/Documentation/networking/timestamping.rst#L630

Good point, I'll adjust it in v2!

Thanks!

> 
> Regards,