Re: [PATCH v2] net: stmmac: correct MAC propagation delay

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Tue Jul 25 2023 - 23:39:56 EST


On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 20:22:53 -0700 Richard Cochran wrote:
> > any opinion on this one?
>
> Yeah, I saw it, but I can't get excited about drivers trying to
> correct delays. I don't think this can be done automatically in a
> reliable way, and so I expect that the few end users who are really
> getting into the microseconds and nanoseconds will calibrate their
> systems end to end, maybe even patching out this driver nonsense in
> their kernels.
>
> Having said that, I won't stand in the way of such driver stuff.
> After all, who cares about a few microseconds time error one way or
> the other?

I see :)