Re: [RFC v2 0/2] ptp: Move non-NIC PHC drivers from netdev to clock/timekeeping maintainership
Wen Gu <[email protected]> Mon, 9 Mar 2026 10:28:21 +0800
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On 2026/3/6 10:41, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:25:11 +0800 Wen Gu wrote: >> As mentioned in RFC v1, the use cases for drivers in the emulated PHC category >> are expected to be quite diverse, and not limited to the virtualization/guest >> time sync use case. For example, existing drivers such as ptp_ocp [1] and >> upcoming ones such as mhi_phc [2] are not related to virtualization use cases. > > ptp_ocp is a real PCIe device with an atomic clock. mhi_phc is some > qualcomm fw-defined thing, so more closely mapping what you're doing. > ptp_ocp should probably stay under netdev, we maintain DPLL drivers, > too. Main thing we/I don't want to deal with is all the corporate NIH > virtualization excreta. OK. ptp_ocp will be kept under netdev in the next version.