Re: [PATCH 3/4] net: phy: adin: implement support for 1588 start-of-packet indication

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Thu Jan 16 2020 - 09:02:41 EST


On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 01:58:55PM +0000, Ardelean, Alexandru wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-01-16 at 14:55 +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > [External]
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 11:14:53AM +0200, Alexandru Ardelean wrote:
> > > The ADIN1300 & ADIN1200 PHYs support detection of IEEE 1588 time stamp
> > > packets. This mechanism can be used to signal the MAC via a pulse-
> > > signal
> > > when the PHY detects such a packet.
> >
> > Do you have patches for a MAC driver? I want to see how this connects
> > together.
>
> Nope.
>
> I admit that on the MAC side, I'm not yet familiar how this is integrated.
> I'd need to study this more in-depth.

O.K.

Then i suggest you post patch #1 as a single patch. And then work on
the MAC side, and post both MAC and PHY as a complete and tested
patchset.

Thanks
Andrew