i40e_can_set_pins(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 i40e_can_set_pins — the vibe check for PTP pins

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for i40e_can_set_pins(9) — yes that (9) means it's a kernel thing, iykyk 🧚✨

✨ NAME ✨

i40e_can_set_pins — literally just checking whether we're allowed to mess with the pins 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

enum i40e_can_set_pins i40e_can_set_pins (struct i40e_pf *pf );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • pf — the board private structure, aka the whole personality of the PF we're looking at 🫶

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So what this icon does is check if all the conditions are satisfied to manipulate PTP pins. No cap, that's the whole job. 🎯

Here's the tea on what it hands back:

  • returns CAN_SET_PINS if pins can be set on a specific PF ⭐
  • returns CAN_DO_PINS if pins can be manipulated within a NIC 💖
  • returns CANT_DO_PINS otherwise 💀

That's it. That's the function. She's short but she's doing her best and honestly? Slay.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c — go read it, it's giving main character energy 📖

And the whole friend group 🫶:

and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this lil cutie lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, and she answers to i40e_can_set_pins(9) — mwah, periodt 💅✨

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