Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: micrel: Change how to read TX timestamp

[Horatiu Vultur]

The 06/13/2023 11:45, Horatiu Vultur wrote:

Argh... I forgot add Richard to this thread. Therefore CC him now.

> Change how to read the timestamp of the received frames. Currently it is
> required to read over the MDIO bus each of the timestamps but it is
> possible to change to receive the timestamp (the nanosecond part and the
> least significant two bits of the second) in the frame.
> The first patch makes this change, while the second patch optimized the
> read of second part. Because it is not required to read the second part
> of the timestmap for each received frame but it is OK to read the second
> part twice per second and then cache it.
> 
> v1->v2:
> - create a patch series instead of single patch
> - add optimization for reading the second part of the received timestamp,
>   read the second twice per second instead of for each frame
> 
> Horatiu Vultur (2):
>   net: micrel: Change to receive timestamp in the frame for lan8841
>   net: micrel: Schedule work to read seconds for lan8841
> 
>  drivers/net/phy/micrel.c | 272 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 180 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.38.0
> 

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/Horatiu