Re: [PATCH RFC net-next v1 0/6] ethtool HW timestamping statistics

[Jacob Keller]

On 2/23/2024 11:24 AM, Rahul Rameshbabu wrote:
> The goal of this patch series is to introduce a common set of ethtool statistics
> for hardware timestamping that a driver implementer can hook into. The
> statistics counters added are based on what I believe are common
> patterns/behaviors found across various hardware timestamping implementations
> seen in the kernel tree today. The mlx5 family of devices is used as the PoC for
> this patch series. Other vendors are more than welcome to chim in on this
> series.
> 
> Statistics can be queried from either the DMA or PHY layers. I think this
> concept of layer-based statistics selection and the general timestamping layer
> selection work Kory Maincent is working on can be converged together [1].
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240216-feature_ptp_netnext-v8-0-510f42f444fb@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> 

Makes sense! I like this direction, I had meant to work on this for the
Intel parts, but got sidetracked by other tasks. I look forward to
seeing what you've done here.