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From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] dp83640: Fix receive timestamp race condition
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:24:24 +0200
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On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 08:12:22PM +0200, Richard Cochran wrote:
> 
> And what happens when the timestamp arrives *before* the PTP packet?

It could also happen that the MAC driver re-orders the packets. Think
about multiple hardware queues putting multicast UDP to one side, etc.
Sure, maybe not a typical combination with the phyter, but still the
driver should handle this.

Thanks,
Richard