From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] dp83640: Get pin and master/slave configuration from DT Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:36:17 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20140214.133617.1389101802638585879.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1392302129-24947-1-git-send-email-stefan.sorensen@spectralink.com> <20140213.173957.2126489785330496380.davem@davemloft.net> <20140214090601.GA3906@netboy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20140214090601.GA3906@netboy> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: richardcochran-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Cc: stefan.sorensen-usnHOLptxrsHrNJx0XZkJA@public.gmane.org, grant.likely-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, robh+dt-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org From: Richard Cochran Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 10:06:01 +0100 > People want to be able to configure the auxiliary functions on the > pins of their PTP devices. My preference for supporting this is: > > 1. additional ioctl on the PTP character device > 2. ethtool ioctl > 3. DT and/or ACPI > > The first option seems best because that is how you activate the > auxiliary functions. I am working on something in this direction. Probably since PTP already uses ioctls, and that is the activation point, yes that seems the best approach. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html