From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Reid Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] stmmac: Add ptp debugfs entry. Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 21:37:52 +0800 Message-ID: <56658BB0.10700@electromag.com.au> References: <1449452324-53858-1-git-send-email-preid@electromag.com.au> <1449452324-53858-6-git-send-email-preid@electromag.com.au> <2080516.uAzdPnupR8@wuerfel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: robh+dt@kernel.org, pawel.moll@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com, ijc+devicetree@hellion.org.uk, galak@codeaurora.org, peppe.cavallaro@st.com, davem@davemloft.net, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Arnd Bergmann Return-path: Received: from anchovy2.45ru.net.au ([203.30.46.146]:58927 "EHLO anchovy.45ru.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752938AbbLGNh7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Dec 2015 08:37:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: <2080516.uAzdPnupR8@wuerfel> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 7/12/2015 5:03 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday 07 December 2015 09:38:43 Phil Reid wrote: >> This adds a debugfs entry to view the current status of the ptp >> registers. >> >> Signed-off-by: Phil Reid >> > > Your description should explain what this is good for. Why do you > need to look at this through debugfs? > Happy to drop this one. I found it helpful when debugging the ptp behaviour. Allowing quick access to monitor the register updates by the ptp driver. Is there an alternative method that is preferred? -- Regards Phil Reid