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Lu" , "christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "imx@lists.linux.dev" Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] ptp: add pulse signal loopback support for debugging Message-ID: <20250904063752.3183d523@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20250903083749.1388583-1-wei.fang@nxp.com> X-Mailing-List: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org List-Id: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Archive: , List-Subscribe: , , List-Unsubscribe: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 06:05:02 -0700 Richard Cochran wrote: > On Thu, Sep 04, 2025 at 01:55:43AM +0000, Wei Fang wrote: > > Vladimir helped explain its purpose in the thread, do you still think > > it is pointless? > > Vladimir gave practical examples for the use case, so no objection > from my side. I just wanted to understand how this is useful. > > Next time, it would be helpful to have that info in the cover letter. +1, let's get it reposted with updated cover letter. I'm tempted to ask for a description under Documentation/, tho, I'm not 100% clear whether authors expect users or driver developers to exercise the loop. Maybe such distinction doesn't even makes sense for embedded devices..