Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Oct 2023 07:22:04 -0700 | From | Jakub Kicinski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next v5 08/16] net: ethtool: Add a command to expose current time stamping layer |
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On Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:41:34 +0200 Köry Maincent wrote: > > Netdev vs phylib is an implementation detail of Linux. > > I'm also surprised that you changed this. > > This is the main reason I changed this. This is Linux implementation purpose to > know whether it should go through netdev or phylib, and then each of these > drivers could use other timestamps which are hardware related.
For an integrated design there's 90% chance the stamping is done by the MAC. Even if it isn't there's no difference between PHY and MAC in terms of quality.
But there is a big difference between MAC/PHY and DMA which would both fall under NETDEV?
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