Re: [RFC v2 0/2] ptp: Move non-NIC PHC drivers from netdev to clock/timekeeping maintainership

[Wen Gu]

On 2026/3/6 10:41, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:25:11 +0800 Wen Gu wrote:
> > As mentioned in RFC v1, the use cases for drivers in the emulated PHC category
> > are expected to be quite diverse, and not limited to the virtualization/guest
> > time sync use case. For example, existing drivers such as ptp_ocp [1] and
> > upcoming ones such as mhi_phc [2] are not related to virtualization use cases.
>
> ptp_ocp is a real PCIe device with an atomic clock. mhi_phc is some
> qualcomm fw-defined thing, so more closely mapping what you're doing.
> ptp_ocp should probably stay under netdev, we maintain DPLL drivers,
> too. Main thing we/I don't want to deal with is all the corporate NIH
> virtualization excreta.

OK. ptp_ocp will be kept under netdev in the next version.