From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
To: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, nhorman@redhat.com, sassmann@redhat.com,
jogreene@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 01/14] clarify implementation of ethtool's get_ts_info op
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 21:17:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150717191740.GA19016@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1437143123-5031-2-git-send-email-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 07:25:10AM -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
>
> This patch adds some clarification about the intended way to implement
> both SIOCSHWTSTAMP and ethtool's get_ts_info. The HWTSTAMP API has
> several Rx filters which are very specific, as well as more general
> filters. The specific filters really only exist to support some broken
> hardware which can't fully implement the generic filters. This patch
> adds clarification that it is okay to support the specific filters in
> SIOCSHWTSTAMP by upscaling them to the generic filters. In addition,
> update the header for ethtool_ts_info to specify that drivers ought to
> only report the filters they support without upscaling in this manner.
Acked-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
(for this patch and the other get_ts_info patches)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-07-17 19:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-17 14:25 [net-next 00/14][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2015-07-17 Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 01/14] clarify implementation of ethtool's get_ts_info op Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 19:17 ` Richard Cochran [this message]
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 02/14] freescale: remove incorrect copied comment Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 03/14] bnx2x: only report most generic filters in get_ts_info Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 04/14] i40e: only report " Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 05/14] igb: " Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 06/14] ixgbe: " Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 07/14] siena: " Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 08/14] dp83640: only report generic filters in ts_info Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 09/14] igb: Pull timestamp from fragment before adding it to skb Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 10/14] ixgbevf: fold ixgbevf_pull_tail into ixgbevf_add_rx_frag Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 11/14] ixgbe: Specify Rx hash type WRT Rx desc RSS type Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 12/14] ixgbevf: Set Rx hash type for ingress packets Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 13/14] ixgbe: Don't report flow director filter's status Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-17 14:25 ` [net-next 14/14] igb: Fix i354 88E1112 PHY on RCC boards using AutoMediaDetect Jeff Kirsher
2015-07-21 3:50 ` [net-next 00/14][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2015-07-17 David Miller
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