[PATCH net-next] net: stmmac: convert to ndo_hwtstamp_get() and ndo_hwtstamp_set()

Vladimir Oltean vladimir.oltean at nxp.com
Mon May 12 08:58:46 PDT 2025


On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 04:50:35PM +0100, Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
> On 12/05/2025 15:36, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > New timestamping API was introduced in commit 66f7223039c0 ("net: add
> > NDOs for configuring hardware timestamping") from kernel v6.6. It is
> > time to convert the stmmac driver to the new API, so that the
> > ndo_eth_ioctl() path can be removed completely.
> 
> The conversion to the new API looks good, but stmmac_ioctl() isn't
> removed keeping ndo_eth_ioctl() path in place. Did I miss something in
> the patch?

I was never intending with this work to remove ndo_eth_ioctl()
completely, but instead to completely remove the timestamping
configuration path that goes through ndo_eth_ioctl(). I apologize for
any false marketing and I will be more explicit about this in further
patches.



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