Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] ptp: Introduce PTP_SYS_OFFSET_EXTENDED_TRUSTED ioctl
From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Date: 2025-07-25 04:09:29
From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Date: 2025-07-25 04:09:29
On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 02:56:56PM +0300, David Arinzon wrote:
The first objective focuses on the use case where the PHC device is fully managed. The ENA driver, for example, exposes a PHC device, whose synchronization status and quality is maintained without any user-space application. This new ioctl reports on the clock accuracy and status of the PHC device to user-space applications, where ptp4l and similar are not available.
This seems pretty rare. I can't think of any other hardware that makes claims about synchronization quality. So this ioctl would be just for one device. Thanks, Richard