ice_alloc_setup_tstamp_ring(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ice_alloc_setup_tstamp_ring — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so picture this: you're deep in the Intel ice driver, right, and you need a Time Stamp ring made. Not "eh, it exists somewhere," not "borrowed from a friend" — actually allocated and set up. That's this function. It's giving "I'll handle it, don't worry your pretty head." 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_alloc_setup_tstamp_ring — allocate and set up the Time Stamp ring. that's it. that's the whole personality. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ice_alloc_setup_tstamp_ring (struct ice_tx_ring *tx_ring );

like, one (1) argument, one (1) return value, zero drama. we love a low-maintenance icon. 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • tx_ring — the Tx ring you're allocating and setting up the Time Stamp ring for. that's your bestie here. hand it over and let the function cook. 🔥

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 on success — slay, we ate. 👑
  • negative on error — not slay, but at least it tells you. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives at:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c

and honestly the whole friend group showed up for this one, no cap:

that's the whole group chat, muted but present. 💜

and that's the page, bestie 🧚 this lil number comes to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026 — ice_alloc_setup_tstamp_ring(9), periodt. 💅✨

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