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From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
To: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: Network Development <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
	Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>,
	"Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>,
	Denny Page <dennypage@me.com>, Jiri Benc <jbenc@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 6/7] net: allow simultaneous SW and HW transmit timestamping
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 16:59:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170413145944.GB7490@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAF=yD-K2UTDt_um7F5WgwYMd5SYsiS0VMJpQ2MZM1oCfoFcjPA@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 10:30:32AM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> wrote:
> > +SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_MULTIMSG:
> > +
> > +  Allow outgoing packets to be looped multiple times to the socket's
> > +  error queue in order to receive both software and hardware transmit
> > +  timestamps.
> > +
> 
> It is already possible to receive multiple copies of the same message.
> Timestamps of type SCM_TSTAMP_SCHED will be passed for every
> device, virtual or physical, such as bonding. With TCP retransmits,
> multiple SCM_TSTAMP_SND can be observed.

Oh, I see. I was struggling to find a good name for this option.

> The name for this option is therefore not very descriptive. Perhaps
> SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_BOTH_SW_HW.

Simultaneous SW/HW timestamping was already possible for incoming
packets. Maybe _OPT_TX_SWHW would be better?

-- 
Miroslav Lichvar

  reply	other threads:[~2017-04-13 14:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-12 14:17 [RFC PATCH 0/7] Extend socket timestamping API Miroslav Lichvar
2017-04-12 14:17 ` [RFC PATCH 1/7] net: define receive timestamp filter for NTP Miroslav Lichvar
2017-04-12 14:17 ` [RFC PATCH 2/7] net: ethernet: update drivers to handle HWTSTAMP_FILTER_NTP_ALL Miroslav Lichvar
2017-04-12 19:49   ` Richard Cochran
2017-04-13  9:00   ` Keller, Jacob E
2017-04-12 14:17 ` [RFC PATCH 3/7] net: add option to get information about timestamped packets Miroslav Lichvar
2017-04-13 14:37   ` Willem de Bruijn
2017-04-13 15:18     ` Miroslav Lichvar
2017-04-13 16:16       ` Willem de Bruijn
2017-04-24  9:00         ` Miroslav Lichvar
2017-04-24 15:18           ` Willem de Bruijn
2017-04-25 13:56             ` Miroslav Lichvar
2017-04-25 17:23               ` Willem de Bruijn
2017-04-12 14:17 ` [RFC PATCH 4/7] net: ethernet: update drivers to provide timestamping packet info Miroslav Lichvar
2017-04-13  9:04   ` Keller, Jacob E
2017-04-12 14:17 ` [RFC PATCH 5/7] net: don't make false software transmit timestamps Miroslav Lichvar
2017-04-12 14:17 ` [RFC PATCH 6/7] net: allow simultaneous SW and HW transmit timestamping Miroslav Lichvar
2017-04-13 14:30   ` Willem de Bruijn
2017-04-13 14:59     ` Miroslav Lichvar [this message]
2017-04-13 15:24       ` Keller, Jacob E
2017-04-13 16:17         ` Willem de Bruijn
2017-04-12 14:17 ` [RFC PATCH 7/7] net: ethernet: update drivers to make both SW and HW TX timestamps Miroslav Lichvar
2017-04-13  9:08 ` [RFC PATCH 0/7] Extend socket timestamping API Keller, Jacob E
2017-04-13  9:53   ` Miroslav Lichvar
2017-04-13 10:45     ` Keller, Jacob E

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