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
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-fpga,dev.linux.lists.imx,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-s390,org.kernel.vger.netdev
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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.