Re: [PATCH net-next v3 08/10] net: dsa: microchip: add KSZ8463 tail tag handling
From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 22:24:05 EST
On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:20:50 +0200 Bastien Curutchet (Schneider
Electric) wrote:
> KSZ8463 uses the KSZ9893 DSA TAG driver. However, the KSZ8463 doesn't
> use the tail tag to convey timestamps to the host as KSZ9893 does. It
> uses the reserved fields in the PTP header instead.
Sigh, some of the marvell switches seem to be doing the same thing.
Is this the _only_ option this switch supports?
Reserved fields in protocols are generally reserved, not free to use.