Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] ptp/ptp_vmw: enhancements to ptp_vmw
From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Mon Oct 27 2025 - 21:30:25 EST
On Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:10:46 +0000 Ajay Kaher wrote:
> This series provides:
>
> - implementation of PTP clock adjustments ops for ptp_vmw driver to
> adjust its time and frequency, allowing time transfer from a virtual
> machine to the underlying hypervisor.
>
> - add a module parameter probe_hv_port that allows ptp_vmw driver to
> be loaded even when ACPI is disabled, by directly probing for the
> device using VMware hypervisor port commands.
We'd like to get out of the business of representing pure VM clocks
as PTP devices, see:
https://lore.kernel.org/20250815113814.5e135318@xxxxxxxxxx
Your driver is already in the tree which is a bit awkward but I'd
prefer to resolve that discussion before we add any more functionality
to such clocks.
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