[PATCH ethtool 2/2] tsinfo: Add support for PTP hardware source

From: Kory Maincent
Date: Tue Jun 10 2025 - 08:59:51 EST


Add description of the PTP hardware source to indicate whether the
timestamp comes from a PHY or a MAC.

Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
netlink/tsinfo.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/netlink/tsinfo.c b/netlink/tsinfo.c
index 187c3ad..fd528e5 100644
--- a/netlink/tsinfo.c
+++ b/netlink/tsinfo.c
@@ -52,6 +52,37 @@ int tsinfo_show_hwprov(const struct nlattr *nest)
return 0;
}

+const char *tsinfo_source_names(u32 val)
+{
+ switch (val) {
+ case HWTSTAMP_SOURCE_NETDEV:
+ return "MAC";
+ case HWTSTAMP_SOURCE_PHYLIB:
+ return "PHY";
+ default:
+ return "Unknown";
+ }
+}
+
+int tsinfo_show_source(const struct nlattr **tb)
+{
+ u32 val;
+
+ val = mnl_attr_get_u32(tb[ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_HWTSTAMP_SOURCE]);
+ print_string(PRINT_ANY, "hwtstamp-source:",
+ "Hardware timestamp source: %s\n",
+ tsinfo_source_names(val));
+
+ if (!tb[ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_HWTSTAMP_PHYINDEX])
+ return 0;
+
+ val = mnl_attr_get_u32(tb[ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_HWTSTAMP_PHYINDEX]);
+ print_uint(PRINT_ANY, "hwtstamp-source-phyindex:",
+ "Hardware timestamp source PHY index: %d\n", val);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int tsinfo_show_stats(const struct nlattr *nest)
{
const struct nlattr *tb[ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_MAX + 1] = {};
@@ -185,6 +216,9 @@ int tsinfo_reply_cb(const struct nlmsghdr *nlhdr, void *data)
printf("none\n");
}

+ if (tb[ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_HWTSTAMP_SOURCE])
+ tsinfo_show_source(tb);
+
ret = tsinfo_dump_list(nlctx, tb[ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_TX_TYPES],
"Hardware Transmit Timestamp Modes", " none",
ETH_SS_TS_TX_TYPES);

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2.43.0