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Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:16:23 +0100 (CET)
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/12] misc: Flexcard basic timestamp counter support
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On Wed, 14 Dec 2016, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 14, 2016 1:11:51 AM CET Holger Dengler wrote:
> > The Eberspaecher Flexcard PMC II offers a Flexray network synchronized
> > counter with a selectable resolution of 1us, 100ns or 10ns. Add basic
> > support for the timestamp counter with 1us resolution, which is the
> > standard Flexray bus resolution.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Benedikt Spranger <b.spranger@linutronix.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Holger Dengler <dengler@linutronix.de>
> > cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > 
> 
> Have you tried fitting this in the drivers/ptp/ framework rather
> than having your own posix clock for it?

It has nothing to do with PTP. It's a completely seperate clock and cannot
be used for PTP style time synchronization.

Thanks,

	tglx