cavium_ptp_gettime(9)

👑 cavium_ptp_gettime(9) 👑

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — today’s main character is cavium_ptp_gettime(9), and yes the (9) is giving kernel-section-number energy 👑💅. this page is all about getting hardware clock time with adjustment, and i’m lowkey obsessed with how clean that is 🫶.

💖 NAME 💖

cavium_ptp_gettime — get hardware clock time with adjustment. that’s the vibe, fr fr: hardware clock time + adjustment 🌸.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int cavium_ptp_gettime (struct ptp_clock_info *ptp_info , struct
       timespec64 *ts );

the return type is int, and the call takes struct ptp_clock_info *ptp_info plus struct timespec64 *ts — copy it exactly, i don’t make the rules 😌.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ptp_info — PTP clock info. yes bestie, the PTP clock info, right there in the call 🫶.
• ts — timespec. the timespec slot, literally struct timespec64 *ts in the signature 💅.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/common/cavium_ptp.c — go read it, iykyk 📖.
• cavium_ptp_adjfine(9)
• cavium_ptp_adjtime(9)
• cavium_ptp_settime(9)
• cavium_ptp_enable(9)

mwah 💋 this page’s source/version footer is ./drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/..., dated October 2026, and it’s signed cavium_ptp_gettime(9) — periodt. 🎀✨