Re: [PATCH net 0/3] broadcom: report the supported flags for ancillary features

From: Kory Maincent

Date: Fri Sep 19 2025 - 04:39:47 EST


On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:33:15 -0700
Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> James Clark reported off list that the broadcom PHY PTP driver was
> incorrectly handling PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST and PTP_PEROUT_REQUEST ioctls since
> the conversion to the .supported_*_flags fields. This series fixes the
> driver to correctly report its flags through the .supported_perout_flags
> and .supported_extts_flags fields. It also contains an update to comment
> the behavior of the PTP_STRICT_FLAGS being always enabled for
> PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST2.
>
> I plan to follow up this series with some improvements to the PTP
> documentation better explaining each flag and the expectation of the driver
> APIs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you!
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