From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Wen Gu <guwen@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
pabeni@redhat.com, xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com,
dust.li@linux.alibaba.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 1/2] ptp: introduce Alibaba CIPU PHC driver
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 11:51:36 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260102115136.239806fa@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <957500e7-5753-488d-872d-4dbbdcac0bb2@linux.alibaba.com>
On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:18:19 +0800 Wen Gu wrote:
> The same applies to ptp_cipu, since it is already used and relies on
> exposing /dev/ptpX.
IIUC you mean that the driver is already used downstream and abandoning
PTP will break the OOT users? This is a non-argument upstream.
> Given the historical baggage, it seems better to keep using the
> existing ptp framework, but separate these pure phc drivers into a
> new subsystem with a dedicated directory (e.g. drivers/phc/) and a
> MAINTAINERS entry, moving them out of the netdev maintenance scope.
> This should also address the concern that these pure phc drivers are
> not a good fit to be maintained under the networking subsystem.
I'd rather you left PTP completely alone with your funny read only
clocks. Please and thank you.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-02 19:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-30 12:13 [PATCH net-next v5 0/2] ptp: Alibaba CIPU PTP clock driver Wen Gu
2025-10-30 12:13 ` [PATCH net-next v5 1/2] ptp: introduce Alibaba CIPU PHC driver Wen Gu
2025-10-31 23:58 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-11-05 10:22 ` Wen Gu
2025-11-06 0:24 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-11-27 5:48 ` Wen Gu
2025-11-27 16:36 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-11-28 6:22 ` Wen Gu
2025-11-28 18:24 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-12-01 6:04 ` Wen Gu
2025-12-12 6:50 ` Wen Gu
2025-12-12 22:50 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-12-14 14:03 ` Wen Gu
2025-12-16 21:58 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-12-17 12:40 ` Wen Gu
2025-12-22 7:18 ` Wen Gu
2026-01-02 19:51 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2025-12-18 12:28 ` David Woodhouse
2025-12-22 12:44 ` Wen Gu
2025-10-30 12:13 ` [PATCH net-next v5 2/2] ptp: add sysfs documentation for " Wen Gu
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