[PATCH net-next 6/7] net: stmmac: Fix comment about default addend calculation

From: Andrew Halaney
Date: Thu Aug 24 2023 - 14:34:45 EST


The comment neglects that freq_div_ratio is the ratio between
the subsecond increment frequency and the clk_ptp_rate frequency.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index dfead0df6163..64185753865f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -853,10 +853,12 @@ int stmmac_init_tstamp_counter(struct stmmac_priv *priv, u32 systime_flags)
/* Store sub second increment for later use */
priv->sub_second_inc = sub_second_inc;

- /* calculate default addend value:
- * formula is :
- * addend = (2^32)/freq_div_ratio;
- * where, freq_div_ratio = 1e9ns/sub_second_inc
+ /* Calculate default addend so the accumulator overflows (2^32) in
+ * sub_second_inc (ns). The addend is added to the accumulator
+ * every clk_ptp cycle.
+ *
+ * addend = (2^32) / freq_div_ratio
+ * where, freq_div_ratio = (1e9ns / sub_second_inc) / clk_ptp_rate
*/
temp = div_u64(NSEC_PER_SEC, sub_second_inc);
temp = temp << 32;

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2.41.0