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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: min.li.xe@renesas.com
Cc: arnd@arndb.de, derek.kiernan@xilinx.com,
	dragan.cvetic@xilinx.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	lee.jones@linaro.or
Subject: Re: [PATCH misc v2 2/2] misc: Add Renesas Synchronization Management Unit (SMU) support
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:25:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YULVYrvUM+JQils9@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1631731629-20862-2-git-send-email-min.li.xe@renesas.com>

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 02:47:09PM -0400, min.li.xe@renesas.com wrote:
> From: Min Li <min.li.xe@renesas.com>
> 
> This driver is developed for the IDT ClockMatrix(TM) and 82P33xxx families
> of timing and synchronization devices.It will be used by Renesas PTP Clock
> Manager for Linux (pcm4l) software to provide support to GNSS assisted
> partial timing support (APTS) and other networking timing functions.

Where is that software?

Why is this new api not a standard one?

What is the standard here?

What do other devices do and why is this a new api?

> Current version provides kernel API's to support the following functions
> -set combomode to enable SYNCE clock support
> -read dpll's state to determine if the dpll is locked to the GNSS channel
> -read dpll's ffo (fractional frequency offset) in ppqt

Why do all of these have to be in the kernel at all?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-16  5:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-15 18:47 [PATCH misc v2 1/2] mfd: rsmu: Resolve naming conflict between idt8a340_reg.h and idt82p33_reg.h min.li.xe
2021-09-15 18:47 ` [PATCH misc v2 2/2] misc: Add Renesas Synchronization Management Unit (SMU) support min.li.xe
2021-09-16  5:25   ` Greg KH [this message]
2021-09-16 15:33     ` Min Li
2021-09-16 15:39       ` Greg KH
2021-09-16 15:54         ` Min Li
2021-09-16 16:05           ` Greg KH
2021-09-16 17:01             ` Min Li
2021-09-16 17:22               ` Greg KH
2021-09-16 11:31   ` kernel test robot
2021-09-16  5:23 ` [PATCH misc v2 1/2] mfd: rsmu: Resolve naming conflict between idt8a340_reg.h and idt82p33_reg.h Greg KH
2021-09-16  5:24 ` Greg KH
2021-09-16 14:49   ` Min Li
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-09-16 16:11 min.li.xe
2021-09-16 16:11 ` [PATCH misc v2 2/2] misc: Add Renesas Synchronization Management Unit (SMU) support min.li.xe
2021-09-16 15:41 [PATCH misc v2 1/2] mfd: rsmu: Resolve naming conflict between idt8a340_reg.h and idt82p33_reg.h min.li.xe
2021-09-16 15:41 ` [PATCH misc v2 2/2] misc: Add Renesas Synchronization Management Unit (SMU) support min.li.xe
2021-09-15 18:11 [PATCH misc v2 1/2] mfd: rsmu: Resolve naming conflict between idt8a340_reg.h and idt82p33_reg.h min.li.xe
2021-09-15 18:11 ` [PATCH misc v2 2/2] misc: Add Renesas Synchronization Management Unit (SMU) support min.li.xe

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