[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net] ice: fix incorrect PHY settings for 100 GB/s

[Andrew Lunn]

On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 11:23:11AM +0100, Przemyslaw Korba wrote:
> ptp4l application reports too high offset when ran on E823 device
> with a 100GB/s link. Those values cannot go under 100ns, like in a
> PTP working case when using 100 GB/s cable.
> This is due to incorrect frequency settings on the PHY clocks for
> 100 GB/s speed. Changes are introduced to align with the internal
> hardware documentation, and correctly initialize frequency in PHY
> clocks with the frequency values that are in our HW spec.
> To reproduce the issue run ptp4l as a Time Receiver on E823 device,
> and observe the offset, which will never approach values seen
> in the PTP working case.

You forgot to Cc: the PTP maintainer.

If i spent the time to measure the latency and configured ptp4l
correctly to take into account the latency, would i not see this
issue? And will this change then cause a regression because it changes
the latency invalidating my measurements?

    Andrew