Re: [PATCH net-next v7 15/16] net: ethtool: ts: Let the active time stamping layer be selectable

From: Richard Cochran
Date: Sat Nov 25 2023 - 14:41:14 EST


On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 02:45:46PM -0500, Willem de Bruijn wrote:

> Expanding the skb infra and cmsg might be follow-on work.

Yes, and would I suggest limiting the scope of the present series just
to allow changing the global, device-level time stamping layer
administratively.

Trying to support multiple time stamps from different layers is a much
larger development project, and it will require new kernel/user
interfaces.

(Of course it would be grand if the series is forward looking to the
day when time stamp reporting expands beyond the current hw/sw cmsg.)

Thanks,
Richard