From de46584675fad02b7f8255f31be0ea1be5cd185b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Cochran Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 07:02:04 +0000 Subject: ptp: clarify the clock_name sysfs attribute There has been some confusion among PHC driver authors about the intended purpose of the clock_name attribute. This patch expands the documation in order to clarify how the clock_name field should be understood. Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/ABI') diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp index d40d2b55050..05aeedf1779 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp @@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ Date: September 2010 Contact: Richard Cochran Description: This file contains the name of the PTP hardware clock - as a human readable string. + as a human readable string. The purpose of this + attribute is to provide the user with a "friendly + name" and to help distinguish PHY based devices from + MAC based ones. The string does not necessarily have + to be any kind of unique id. What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/max_adjustment Date: September 2010 -- cgit v1.2.3