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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c index 9eb9b68f8935..ae1f963b6092 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c @@ -65,9 +65,15 @@ * * The 40 bit 82580 SYSTIM overflows every * 2^40 * 10^-9 / 60 = 18.3 minutes. + * + * SYSTIM is converted to real time using a timecounter. As + * timecounter_cyc2time() allows old timestamps, the timecounter + * needs to be updated at least once per half of the SYSTIM interval. + * Scheduling of delayed work is not very accurate, so we aim for 8 + * minutes to be sure the actual interval is shorter than 9.16 minutes. */ -#define IGB_SYSTIM_OVERFLOW_PERIOD (HZ * 60 * 9) +#define IGB_SYSTIM_OVERFLOW_PERIOD (HZ * 60 * 8) #define IGB_PTP_TX_TIMEOUT (HZ * 15) #define INCPERIOD_82576 BIT(E1000_TIMINCA_16NS_SHIFT) #define INCVALUE_82576_MASK GENMASK(E1000_TIMINCA_16NS_SHIFT - 1, 0) |