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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next v7 15/16] net: ethtool: ts: Let the active time stamping layer be selectable
On Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:36:18 +0200 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> @Jakub, for your long-term "MAC timestamps for PTP, DMA for everything else".
> How do you see this? I guess we need some sort of priority function in
> the UAPI between hwtstamp providers.
>
> And even with that, I think the enums that we currently have for filters
> are not specific enough. The most we could expose is:
>
> MAC provider DMA provider
>
> hwtstamp_rx_filters HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V2_EVENT HWTSTAMP_FILTER_ALL
> tx_type HWTSTAMP_TX_ON HWTSTAMP_TX_ON
>
> but it isn't clear: for PTP, does the DMA provider give you an RX
> timestamp too?

If we phrase it as "precise / approximate" rather than "MAC / DMA" - it
seems fairly intuitive to give the best timestamp available for a given
packet, no?

> What about a TX timestamp?

I was thinking - socket flag to make packets for a given socket request
precise timestamps.

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