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authorAhmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>2020-11-17 22:38:26 +0100
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2020-11-18 10:51:17 -0800
commitd04a53b1c48766665806eb75b73137734abdaa95 (patch)
treec048412a65dfae0b0e9d4f626ecd6af30e038686 /include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h
parented30aef3c864f99111e16d4ea5cf29488d99a278 (diff)
ptp: document struct ptp_clock_request members
It's arguable most people interested in configuring a PPS signal want it as external output, not as kernel input. PTP_CLK_REQ_PPS is for input though. Add documentation to nudge readers into the correct direction. Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> Acked-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201117213826.18235-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h b/include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h
index d3e8ba5c7125..0d47fd33b228 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@
#include <linux/pps_kernel.h>
#include <linux/ptp_clock.h>
+/**
+ * struct ptp_clock_request - request PTP clock event
+ *
+ * @type: The type of the request.
+ * EXTTS: Configure external trigger timestamping
+ * PEROUT: Configure periodic output signal (e.g. PPS)
+ * PPS: trigger internal PPS event for input
+ * into kernel PPS subsystem
+ * @extts: describes configuration for external trigger timestamping.
+ * This is only valid when event == PTP_CLK_REQ_EXTTS.
+ * @perout: describes configuration for periodic output.
+ * This is only valid when event == PTP_CLK_REQ_PEROUT.
+ */
struct ptp_clock_request {
enum {