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ptp: Introduce a high resolution frequency adjustment method.
authorRichard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Tue, 8 Nov 2016 21:49:16 +0000 (22:49 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 10 Nov 2016 02:19:53 +0000 (21:19 -0500)
commit4f6d177040e1d1593760255929078a7968ae8dc2
tree1e9b9445e9dee47a2526acd5df3ae06122dbb8ee
parent7af5c80466179ec18b0df801f6b260ee2d29f976
ptp: Introduce a high resolution frequency adjustment method.

The internal PTP Hardware Clock (PHC) interface limits the resolution for
frequency adjustments to one part per billion.  However, some hardware
devices allow finer adjustment, and making use of the increased resolution
improves synchronization measurably on such devices.

This patch adds an alternative method that allows finer frequency tuning
by passing the scaled ppm value to PHC drivers.  This value comes from
user space, and it has a resolution of about 0.015 ppb.  We also deprecate
the older method, anticipating its removal once existing drivers have been
converted over.

Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Ulrik De Bie <ulrik.debie-os@e2big.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h