Re: [PATCH net-next v5 9/9] net: dsa: microchip: ksz9477: add periodic output support

From: Richard Cochran
Date: Thu Dec 03 2020 - 20:19:35 EST


On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 03:00:50AM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 04:45:56PM -0800, Richard Cochran wrote:
> > Yes, that would make sense. It would bring sysfs back to feature
> > parity with the ioctls.
>
> Which is a good thing?

Yes, of course it is. I'm sorry I didn't insist on it in the first place!

> Anyway, Christian, if you do decide to do that, here's some context why
> I didn't do it when I added the additional knobs for periodic output:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/linuxptp-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg04150.html

I think Christian is proposing a different sysfs file, not a flag in
the existing ones. That makes sense to me.

Thanks,
Richard