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Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH v12 10/11] arm64: add mechanism to let user choose
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Hi Richard,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 25, 2020 2:16 PM
> To: Jianyong Wu <Jianyong.Wu@arm.com>
> Cc: maz@kernel.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org; yangbo.lu@nxp.com;
> john.stultz@linaro.org; tglx@linutronix.de; pbonzini@redhat.com;
> sean.j.christopherson@intel.com; Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@arm.com>;
> will@kernel.org; Suzuki Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@arm.com>; Steven Price
> <Steven.Price@arm.com>; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-arm-
> kernel@lists.infradead.org; kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu;
> kvm@vger.kernel.org; Steve Capper <Steve.Capper@arm.com>; Kaly Xin
> <Kaly.Xin@arm.com>; Justin He <Justin.He@arm.com>; Wei Chen
> <Wei.Chen@arm.com>; nd <nd@arm.com>
> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v12 10/11] arm64: add mechanism to let user choos=
e
> which counter to return
>=20
> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 04:50:28AM +0000, Jianyong Wu wrote:
> > How about adding an extra argument in struct ptp_clock_info to serve as=
 a
> flag, then we can control this flag using IOCTL to determine the counter =
type.
>=20
> no, No, NO!
>=20
Ok,=20

> > > From your description, this "flag" really should be a module paramete=
r.
> > Maybe use flag as a module parameter is a better way.
>=20
> Yes.
>=20
It's fine for me, if @maz@kernel.org is not against with it.
=20
Thanks
Jianyong=20

> Thanks,
> Richard