Re: [PATCH RFC V1 net-next 3/4] net: Let the active time stamping layer be selectable.

Andrew Lunn
2022-04-05T22:03:42Z

> > Yes, the limitations described above are exactly one of the reasons to
> > make the timestamping layer configurable at run time as done by these
> > patches.
>
> Seems like PHY TS support belongs to HW description category, so could it be device tree material,
> like generic property defining which layer should do timestamping?

Maybe. Device tree is supposed to describe the hardware, not how you
configure the hardware. Which PTP you using is a configuration choice,
so i expect some people will argue it should not be in DT.

Andrew