fec_ptp_start_cyclecounter(9)

💅 fec_ptp_start_cyclecounter(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so this is literally the page for fec_ptp_start_cyclecounter(9), and it's all about creating the cycle counter from hw. no cap, that's the vibe. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

fec_ptp_start_cyclecounter — create the cycle counter from hw

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void fec_ptp_start_cyclecounter (struct net_device *ndev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ndev — network device. that's the struct net_device you're passing in, bestie. 💖

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

okay so here's the tea: this function initializes the timecounter and cyclecounter structures. why? so they can be used in generating a ns counter from the arbitrary fixed point cycles registers in the hardware. it's giving “turn those raw hardware cycles into a useful counter” energy, and honestly? iconic. 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c — go read these next, bestie:

• fec_ptp_read(9)
• fec_ptp_enable_pps(9)
• fec_ptp_adjfine(9)
• fec_ptp_adjtime(9)
• fec_ptp_gettime(9)
• fec_ptp_settime(9)
• fec_ptp_enable(9)
• fec_ptp_init(9)

mwah 💋 — this little gem lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet/freescale, dated October 2026, and it's part of the Kernel API Manual. fec_ptp_start_cyclecounter(9) out! 🎀✨