[PATCH 1/2] include/uapi pps.h: increase PPS_MAX_SOURCES value

From: Rodolfo Giometti
Date: Fri Jun 30 2023 - 03:19:22 EST


From: Charlie Johnston <charlie.johnston@xxxxxx>

For consistency with what others use for minors, this change sets
PPS_MAX_SOURCES to MINORMASK.

The PPS_MAX_SOURCES value is currently set to 16. In some cases this
was not sufficient for a system. For example, a system with multiple
(4+) PCIe cards each with 4 PTP-capable ethernet interfaces could run
out of the available PPS major:minors if each interface registers a
PPS source.

Signed-off-by: Charlie Johnston <charlie.johnston@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/pps.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pps.h b/include/uapi/linux/pps.h
index 009ebcd8ced5..90f2e86020ba 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/pps.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/pps.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
#include <linux/types.h>

#define PPS_VERSION "5.3.6"
-#define PPS_MAX_SOURCES 16 /* should be enough... */
+#define PPS_MAX_SOURCES MINORMASK

/* Implementation note: the logical states ``assert'' and ``clear''
* are implemented in terms of the chip register, i.e. ``assert''
--
2.34.1