On Thu, Jul 02, 2015 at 06:14:48PM -0700, Christopher Hall wrote:
> * getsynctime64()

Hello Christopher-

A couple comments below.

> 
> This takes 2 arguments referring to system and device time
> 
> With this callback drivers may provide both system time and device time
> to ensure precise correlation
> 
> Modified PTP_SYS_OFFSET ioctl in PTP clock driver to use the above
> callback if it's available
> 
> Added capability (PTP_CLOCK_GETCAPS) for checking whether driver supports
> precise timestamping
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christopher Hall <christopher.s.h...@intel.com>
> ---
[..]
> @@ -196,19 +197,31 @@ long ptp_ioctl(struct posix_clock *pc, unsigned int 
> cmd, unsigned long arg)
>                       break;
>               }
>               pct = &sysoff->ts[0];
> -             for (i = 0; i < sysoff->n_samples; i++) {
> -                     getnstimeofday64(&ts);
> +             if (ptp->info->getsynctime64 && sysoff->n_samples == 1) {
> +                     ptp->info->getsynctime64(ptp->info, &ts, &systs);
> +                     pct->sec = systs.tv_sec;
> +                     pct->nsec = systs.tv_nsec;

It's difficult to make too many judgements without seeing how a driver
might implement this; is there another patchset that shows how a driver
implements this?

[..]
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ptp_clock.h b/include/uapi/linux/ptp_clock.h
> index f0b7bfe..421b637 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/ptp_clock.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/ptp_clock.h
> @@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ struct ptp_clock_caps {
>       int n_per_out; /* Number of programmable periodic signals. */
>       int pps;       /* Whether the clock supports a PPS callback. */
>       int n_pins;    /* Number of input/output pins. */
> -     int rsv[14];   /* Reserved for future use. */
> +     /* Whether the clock supports precise system-device cross timestamps */
> +     int precise_timestamping;

Perhaps now is a good time to add an unsigned int 'flags' member instead,
and start allocating bits.

  Josh

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