i40e_ptp_create_clock(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ i40e_ptp_create_clock(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this one's a lil kernel function in the i40e driver and it's literally the moment a PTP clock device gets born for userspace 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

i40e_ptp_create_clock — create a PTP clock device for userspace, slay

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

long i40e_ptp_create_clock (struct i40e_pf *pf );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • pf — the board private structure 🫶 that's the whole personality of this argument ngl

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So this function creates a new PTP clock device ✨ that's the whole vibe.

It only creates one if we don't already have one, so it's highkey safe to call whenever 😌 no cap, it won't come for you.

It will return an error if it can't create one, but it returns success if we already have a device 💀 like okay go off, idempotent king.

It should be used by i40e_ptp_init to create the clock initially, and it also prevents global resets from creating new clock devices 🔥 that's the whole point, bestie, don't let the resets come in and start making duplicate clocks 🙈

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c 💜

and the whole friend group, no one gets left out:

okay and that's the whole page bestie, no crumbs left 🍓

this lil masterpiece lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, it's dated October 2026, and it's filed under i40e_ptp_create_clock(9) — main character energy fr fr 💅✨🌈

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