From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Extend Time Stamping Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:24:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100718.192420.146333161.davem@davemloft.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: richardcochran@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:55623 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758055Ab0GSCYF (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:24:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Richard Cochran Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:48:02 +0200 > This patch set extends the packet time stamping capabilites of the > network stack in two ways. > > 1. The first patch presents a work-around for the TX software time > stamping fallback problem cited in cd4d8fdad1f1. The idea is to add > one inline function into each MAC driver. This function will act > as hooks for current (and possible future) time stamping needs, > once they are placed correctly within each MAC driver. > > 2. The other patches prepare the way for PHY drivers to offer time > stamping. > > I am preparing a new round of patches for PTP support, but it will > require the changes in this patch set in order to function. Thus I > would like to have this patch set reviewed (and hopefully merged) in > order to go forward. Ok this looks good enough to me to toss into net-next-2.6 All applied, thanks!