[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v5 net-next 0/4] Add ethtool interface for RClocks

Jakub Kicinski kuba at kernel.org
Fri Dec 10 16:16:54 UTC 2021


On Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:45:46 +0100 Maciej Machnikowski wrote:
> Synchronous Ethernet networks use a physical layer clock to syntonize
> the frequency across different network elements.
> 
> Basic SyncE node defined in the ITU-T G.8264 consist of an Ethernet
> Equipment Clock (EEC) and have the ability to synchronize to reference
> frequency sources.
> 
> This patch series is a prerequisite for EEC object and adds ability
> to enable recovered clocks in the physical layer of the netdev object.
> Recovered clocks can be used as one of the reference signal by the EEC.
> 
> Further work is required to add the DPLL subsystem, link it to the
> netdev object and create API to read the EEC DPLL state.

You missed CCing Vadim. I guess Ccing the right people may be right up
there with naming things as the hardest things in SW development..

Anyway, Vadim - do you have an ETA on the first chunk of the PLL work?


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