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If a physical clock supports a free running cycle counter, then timestamps shall be based on this time too. For TX it is known in advance before the transmission if a timestamp based on the free running cycle counter is needed. For RX it is impossible to know which timestamp is needed before the packet is received and assigned to a socket. Support late timestamp determination by a network device. Therefore, an address/cookie is stored within the new netdev_data field of struct skb_shared_hwtstamps. This address/cookie is provided to a new network device function called ndo_get_tstamp(), which returns a timestamp based on the normal/adjustable time or based on the free running cycle counter. If function is not supported, then timestamp handling is not changed. This mechanism is intended for RX, but TX use is also possible. Signed-off-by: Gerhard Engleder <gerhard@engleder-embedded.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@gmail.com> Acked-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.