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SubjectRe: [RFC 08/11] gpiolib: cdev: Add hardware timestamp clock type
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On 6/27/21 4:49 AM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 1:48 AM Dipen Patel <dipenp@nvidia.com> wrote:
>
> Just a quick question about this:
>
>> + GPIO_V2_LINE_FLAG_EVENT_CLOCK_HARDWARE | \
> Is the usage intended to be such that since hardware timestamp
> can not be guaranteed we need to ask for it and fail and if that
> fails maybe the software wants to fall back to the realtime or
> common timestamp?
>
> I'm thinking from the view of libgpiod or similar apps that abstract
> this and they will be "I want to use hardware timestamps if and
> only if it is available, otherwise I want to use this other timestamp"
> or is that use case uncommon, such that either you know exactly
> what you want or you should not be messing with hardware
> timestamps?


The way currently is implemented, if you have requested

FLAG_EVENT_CLOCK_HARDWARE and it fails, control will return

to userspace with an error. There is no fallback.

>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

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