mlxsw: spectrum_ptp: Initialize the clock to zero as part of initialization
authorAmit Cohen <amcohen@nvidia.com>
Sun, 24 Jul 2022 08:03:24 +0000 (11:03 +0300)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:58:55 +0000 (13:58 +0100)
commit22d950b79ea70b69386b3b131051fbe22f065bdf
tree755c91f7d398aa050d06c4618435a166adc5d454
parent33a9583f9a02d2d8d820f41eb1ed83e06a016bba
mlxsw: spectrum_ptp: Initialize the clock to zero as part of initialization

As lately recommended in the mailing list[1], set the clock to zero time as
part of initialization.

The idea is that when the clock reads 'Jan 1, 1970', then it is clearly
wrong and user will not mistakenly think that the clock is set correctly.
If as part of initialization, the driver sets the clock, user might see
correct date and time (maybe with a small shift) and assume that there
is no need to sync the clock.

Fix the existing code of Spectrum-1 to set the 'timecounter' to zero.

[1]:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220201191041.GB7009@hoboy.vegasvil.org/

Signed-off-by: Amit Cohen <amcohen@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_ptp.c