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From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
To: "Mintz, Yuval" <Yuval.Mintz@cavium.com>
Cc: "davem@davemloft.net" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Kalluru, Sudarsana" <Sudarsana.Kalluru@cavium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] qed: Add infrastructure for PTP support.
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:26:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170130132619.GA4854@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BL2PR07MB23063CA6DC624BDC4ABCCC268D480@BL2PR07MB2306.namprd07.prod.outlook.com>

On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 09:36:11PM +0000, Mintz, Yuval wrote:
> I might have gotten it all wrong, but I was under the assumption that time-
> stamped packets are periodic, and that the interval between two isn't
> going to be so small.

That is an incorrect assumption.  Consider the Delay_Req packets
arriving on a port in the MASTER state.

> Is so, how does having a couple of additional instructions in between
> jeopardizes the next time stamp?

It is not just about the few instructions, but there is also
preemption possible.

Thanks,
Richard

  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-30 13:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-29  7:28 [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] qed*: Add support for PTP Sudarsana Kalluru
2017-01-29  7:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] qed: Add infrastructure for PTP support Sudarsana Kalluru
2017-01-29  8:32   ` kbuild test robot
2017-01-29 15:28   ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-29 15:31   ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-29 17:26     ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-29 20:51       ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-29 21:36         ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-30 13:26           ` Richard Cochran [this message]
2017-01-30 18:00             ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-29  7:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] qede: Add driver support for PTP Sudarsana Kalluru
2017-01-29 15:35   ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-29 17:30     ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-29 21:02       ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-29 21:40         ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-30 14:34     ` David Laight
2017-01-30 17:55       ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-31 10:03         ` David Laight
2017-01-31 14:31           ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-31 14:53             ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-31 15:08               ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-31 17:43                 ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-29 15:09 ` [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] qed*: Add " Richard Cochran
2017-01-29 17:23   ` Mintz, Yuval

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