[Intel-wired-lan] [RFC v2 net-next 1/2] rtnetlink: Add new RTM_GETSYNCESTATE message to get SyncE status
Richard Cochran
richardcochran at gmail.com
Wed Sep 1 02:56:58 UTC 2021
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 07:02:35PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 22:09:18 +0000 Machnikowski, Maciej wrote:
> > OK I can strip down the RTNL EEC state interface to only report
> > the state without any extras, like pin. Next step would be to add
> > the control over recovered clock also to the netdev subsystem.
> >
> > The EEC state read is needed for recovered/source clock validation
> > and that's why I think it belongs to the RTNL part as it gates the QL
> > for each port.
>
> If you mean just reporting state and have a syncE on/off without any
> option for other sources that's fine by me.
Yeah, that is what I also imagined for a generic SyncE interface.
Thanks,
Richard
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