iavf_ptp_set_ts_config(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 iavf_ptp_set_ts_config(9) — like, the timestamping glow-up page

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's all about iavf_ptp_set_ts_config, and honestly? it's a shortie but a goodie. let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

iavf_ptp_set_ts_config — Set timestamping configuration 💫 that's literally the whole vibe. it sets the ts config. iconic.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int iavf_ptp_set_ts_config (struct iavf_adapter *adapter , struct
       kernel_hwtstamp_config *config , struct netlink_ext_ack *extack );

three args, one int coming back atcha 🫶 no cap.

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • adapter — the private adapter structure 💜 like, the main character of the whole driver ngl
  • config — pointer to a kernel_hwtstamp_config structure 🎀 this is the config you're handing over
  • extack — pointer to a netlink_ext_ack structure ✨ the extack bestie, there for the netlink receipts

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Program the requested timestamping configuration to the device. periodt. 💅 that's it, that's the whole job — you take the requested timestamping config and you program it into the device. no extra lore, no secret side quests, just straight-up config delivery 🚚✨

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 on success 🎉 slay
  • a negative error code otherwise 😭 it's giving "something went sideways", but at least it tells you with a negative number, iykyk

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file we're living in: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_ptp.c 🧚

and the whole friend group, fr fr — go say hi to:

like, the whole cast 🌈 and yes, they all get (9) because they're kernel-functions, we don't make the rules 💀

mwah 💋 that's the page!! sourced straight from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf, dated October 2026 — so you know it's fresh 🍓 and it's all about iavf_ptp_set_ts_config(9), the one and only 👑✨💖

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