Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] Add Marvell PHY PTP support

[Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>]

On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:02:28 +0100
"Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 04:02:59PM +0200, Kory Maincent wrote:
> > Add PTP basic support for Marvell 88E151x PHYs.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>  
> 
> Is the PTP selection stuff actually sorted now? Last time I tested it
> after it having been merged into the kernel for a while, it didn't work,
> and I reported that fact. You haven't told me that you now expect it to
> work.

The last part of the series, the PTP selection support wasn't merged when you
tested it, although the default PTP choice that causes your regression was
merged.
Now it is fully merged, even the ethtool support.
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/mjn6eeo6lestvo6z3utb7aemufmfhn5alecyoaz46dt4pwjn6v@4aaaz6qpqd4b/

The only issue is the rtln warning from the phy_detach function. About it, I
have already sent you the work I have done throwing ASSERT_RTNL in phy_detach.
Maybe I should resend it as RFC.

> I don't want this merged until such time that we can be sure that MVPP2
> platforms can continue using the MVPP2 PTP support, which to me means
> that the PTP selection between a MAC and PHY needs to work.

It should works, the default PTP will be the MAC PTP and you will be able to
select the current PTP between MAC and PHY with the following command:
# ethtool --set-hwtimestamp-cfg eth0 index 0 qualifier precise
Time stamping configuration for eth0:
Hardware timestamp provider index: 0
Hardware timestamp provider qualifier: Precise (IEEE 1588 quality)
Hardware Transmit Timestamp Mode:
	off
Hardware Receive Filter Mode:
	none
Hardware Flags: none
# ethtool --set-hwtimestamp-cfg eth0 index 1 qualifier precise
Time stamping configuration for eth0:
Hardware timestamp provider index: 1
Hardware timestamp provider qualifier: Precise (IEEE 1588 quality)
Hardware Transmit Timestamp Mode:
	off
Hardware Receive Filter Mode:
	none
Hardware Flags: none

You can list the PTPs with the dump command:
# ethtool --show-time-stamping "*"

You will need to stop phc2sys and ptp4l during these change as linuxptp may
face some issues during the PTP change.

Regards,
-- 
Köry Maincent, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com