Subject: Re: [PATCH net] Revert "net/mlx5: Update cyclecounter shift value to improve ptp free running mode precision"

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:38:22 -0700

On Tue, 15 Aug 2023 08:15:07 -0700 Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
> From: Vadim Fedorenko <[email-masked]>
> 
> This reverts commit 6a40109275626267ebf413ceda81c64719b5c431.
> 
> There was an assumption in the original commit that all the devices
> supported by mlx5 advertise 1GHz as an internal timer frequency.
> Apparently at least ConnectX-4 Lx (MCX4431N-GCAN) provides 156.250Mhz
> as an internal frequency and the original commit breaks PTP
> synchronization on these cards.

Hi Saeed, any preference here? Given we're past -rc6 and the small
size of the revert it seems like a tempting solution?