The PTP_SYS_OFFSET ioctl, which can be used to measure the offset between a PHC and the system clock, includes the total time that the driver needs to read the PHC timestamp. This typically involves reading of multiple PCI registers (sometimes in multiple iterations) and the register that contains the lowest bits of the timestamp is not read in the middle between the two readings of the system clock. This asymmetry causes the measured offset to have a significant error. Introduce a new ioctl, driver function, and helper functions, which allow the reading of the lowest register to be isolated from the other readings in order to reduce the asymmetry. The ioctl returns three timestamps for each measurement: - system time right before reading the lowest bits of the PHC timestamp - PHC time - system time immediately after reading the lowest bits of the PHC timestamp
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| @@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ struct ptp_sys_offset { · 83 unmodified lines | |||
| 84 | struct ptp_clock_time ts[2 * PTP_MAX_SAMPLES + 1]; | 84 | struct ptp_clock_time ts[2 * PTP_MAX_SAMPLES + 1]; |
| 85 | }; | 85 | }; |
| 86 | 86 | ||
| 87 | struct ptp_sys_offset_extended { | ||
| 88 | unsigned int n_samples; /* Desired number of measurements. */ | ||
| 89 | unsigned int rsv[3]; /* Reserved for future use. */ | ||
| 90 | /* | ||
| 91 | * Array of [system, phc, system] time stamps. The kernel will provide | ||
| 92 | * 3*n_samples time stamps. | ||
| 93 | */ | ||
| 94 | struct ptp_clock_time ts[PTP_MAX_SAMPLES][3]; | ||
| 95 | }; | ||
| 96 | |||
| 87 | struct ptp_sys_offset_precise { | 97 | struct ptp_sys_offset_precise { |
| 88 | struct ptp_clock_time device; | 98 | struct ptp_clock_time device; |
| 89 | struct ptp_clock_time sys_realtime; | 99 | struct ptp_clock_time sys_realtime; |
| @@ -136,6 +146,8 @@ struct ptp_pin_desc { · 46 unmodified lines | |||
| 136 | #define PTP_PIN_SETFUNC _IOW(PTP_CLK_MAGIC, 7, struct ptp_pin_desc) | 146 | #define PTP_PIN_SETFUNC _IOW(PTP_CLK_MAGIC, 7, struct ptp_pin_desc) |
| 137 | #define PTP_SYS_OFFSET_PRECISE \ | 147 | #define PTP_SYS_OFFSET_PRECISE \ |
| 138 | _IOWR(PTP_CLK_MAGIC, 8, struct ptp_sys_offset_precise) | 148 | _IOWR(PTP_CLK_MAGIC, 8, struct ptp_sys_offset_precise) |
| 149 | #define PTP_SYS_OFFSET_EXTENDED \ | ||
| 150 | _IOW(PTP_CLK_MAGIC, 9, struct ptp_sys_offset_extended) | ||
| 139 | 151 | ||
| 140 | struct ptp_extts_event { | 152 | struct ptp_extts_event { |
| 141 | struct ptp_clock_time t; /* Time event occured. */ | 153 | struct ptp_clock_time t; /* Time event occured. */ |