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authorKory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>2023-11-14 14:28:38 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2023-11-18 17:52:57 +0300
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net: ethtool: Add a command to list available time stamping layers
Introduce a new netlink message that lists all available time stamping layers on a given interface. Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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+++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ Userspace to kernel:
``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_GET`` get MAC merge layer state
``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_SET`` set MAC merge layer parameters
``ETHTOOL_MSG_TS_GET`` get current timestamping
+ ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TS_LIST_GET`` list available timestampings
===================================== =================================
Kernel to userspace:
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ Kernel to userspace:
``ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_GET_REPLY`` RSS settings
``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_GET_REPLY`` MAC merge layer status
``ETHTOOL_MSG_TS_GET_REPLY`` current timestamping
+ ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TS_LIST_GET_REPLY`` available timestampings
======================================== =================================
``GET`` requests are sent by userspace applications to retrieve device
@@ -2016,6 +2018,26 @@ Kernel response contents:
This command get the current timestamp layer.
+TS_LIST_GET
+===========
+
+Get the list of available timestampings.
+
+Request contents:
+
+ ================================= ====== ====================
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_HEADER`` nested request header
+ ================================= ====== ====================
+
+Kernel response contents:
+
+ =========================== ====== ==============================
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_HEADER`` nested reply header
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_LIST_LAYER`` binary available timestampings
+ =========================== ====== ==============================
+
+This command lists all the possible timestamp layer available.
+
Request translation
===================
@@ -2123,4 +2145,5 @@ are netlink only.
n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_GET``
n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_SET``
n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TS_GET``
+ n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TS_LIST_GET``
=================================== =====================================