ice_clear_ptp_tstamp_eth56g(9)

💅 ice_clear_ptp_tstamp_eth56g — the Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to ice_clear_ptp_tstamp_eth56g(9), a page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's giving "small function, big responsibility." it's one little cleanup job in the Intel ice driver's PTP hardware code, and the way it just forcibly clears a timestamp?? iconic. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ice_clear_ptp_tstamp_eth56g — literally just "Clear a timestamp from the quad block." that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ice_clear_ptp_tstamp_eth56g (struct ice_hw *hw , u8 port , u8 idx );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hw — pointer to the HW struct, aka the main character of every single one of these functions 💖
• port — the quad to read from. yes bestie, a quad. that's the unit of measurement here, we don't make the rules 🌈
• idx — the timestamp index to reset. this is the specific one you're coming for ⭐

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what actually happens? this function reads the timestamp index and then forcibly clears it — read first, then yeet — and the whole point is to make sure the valid bit gets cleared and the timestamp status bit gets reset in the PHY port memory of the internal PHYs of the 56G devices. periodt. 🔥

now, if you were thinking "wait, can't I just nuke the entire timestamp block at once and discard all the timestamp data in one go?" — first of all, love that energy, second of all: that's a different function bestie. for the total wipe you want ice_ptp_reset_ts_memory_quad_eth56g instead. iykyk. 💅

🚨 okay this part is important, don't scroll past it: this function should only be called on an idx whose bit is set according to ice_get_phy_tx_tstamp_ready. like, check first. don't just go in there swinging. 🙈

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👑 RETURN 👑

• 0 — success 🎉 slay
• other — failed to write to PHY 😭 it's giving "we tried"

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

first up, the source itself lives right here in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp_hw.c — go say hi 🍓

and then… okay. deep breath. the full cross-reference list. every single one, no skips, because you deserve the complete set, bestie 💖:

ice_get_ptp_src_clock_index(9), ice_ptp_read_src_incval(9),
ice_ptp_tmr_cmd_to_src_reg(9), ice_ptp_tmr_cmd_to_port_reg(9),
ice_ptp_src_cmd(9), ice_ptp_exec_tmr_cmd(9), ice_ptp_cfg_sync_delay(9),
ice_ptp_init_phc_e825c(9), ice_ptp_get_dest_dev_e825(9),
ice_write_phy_eth56g(9), ice_read_phy_eth56g(9),
ice_get_serdes_ref_sel_e825c(9), ice_phy_res_address_eth56g(9),
ice_write_port_eth56g(9), ice_read_port_eth56g(9),
ice_write_ptp_reg_eth56g(9), ice_write_mac_reg_eth56g(9),
ice_write_xpcs_reg_eth56g(9), ice_read_ptp_reg_eth56g(9),
ice_read_mac_reg_eth56g(9), ice_read_gpcs_reg_eth56g(9),
ice_read_port_mem_eth56g(9), ice_write_port_mem_eth56g(9),
ice_write_quad_ptp_reg_eth56g(9), ice_read_quad_ptp_reg_eth56g(9),
ice_is_64b_phy_reg_eth56g(9), ice_is_40b_phy_reg_eth56g(9),
ice_read_64b_phy_reg_eth56g(9), ice_read_64b_ptp_reg_eth56g(9),
ice_write_40b_phy_reg_eth56g(9), ice_write_40b_ptp_reg_eth56g(9),
ice_write_64b_phy_reg_eth56g(9), ice_write_64b_ptp_reg_eth56g(9),
ice_read_ptp_tstamp_eth56g(9), ice_ptp_reset_ts_memory_eth56g(9),
ice_ptp_prep_port_time_eth56g(9), ice_ptp_prep_phy_time_eth56g(9),
ice_ptp_prep_port_adj_eth56g(9), ice_ptp_prep_phy_adj_eth56g(9),
ice_ptp_prep_phy_incval_eth56g(9), ice_ptp_read_port_capture_eth56g(9),
ice_ptp_write_port_cmd_eth56g(9), ice_phy_get_speed_eth56g(9),
ice_phy_cfg_parpcs_eth56g(9), ice_phy_cfg_ptp_1step_eth56g(9),
mul_u32_u32_fx_q9(9), add_u32_u32_fx(9), ice_ptp_calc_bitslip_eth56g(9),
ice_ptp_calc_deskew_eth56g(9), ice_phy_set_offsets_eth56g(9),
ice_phy_cfg_mac_eth56g(9), ice_phy_cfg_intr_eth56g(9),
ice_read_phy_and_phc_time_eth56g(9), ice_sync_phy_timer_eth56g(9),
ice_stop_phy_timer_eth56g(9), ice_start_phy_timer_eth56g(9),
ice_check_phy_tx_tstamp_ready_eth56g(9),
ice_ptp_read_tx_hwtstamp_status_eth56g(9),
ice_ptp_phy_soft_reset_eth56g(9), ice_get_phy_tx_tstamp_ready_eth56g(9),
ice_ptp_init_phy_e825(9), ice_fill_phy_msg_e82x(9),
ice_is_64b_phy_reg_e82x(9), ice_is_40b_phy_reg_e82x(9),
ice_read_phy_reg_e82x(9), ice_read_64b_phy_reg_e82x(9),
ice_write_phy_reg_e82x(9), ice_write_40b_phy_reg_e82x(9),
ice_write_64b_phy_reg_e82x(9), ice_fill_quad_msg_e82x(9),
ice_read_quad_reg_e82x(9), ice_write_quad_reg_e82x(9),
ice_read_phy_tstamp_e82x(9), ice_clear_phy_tstamp_e82x(9),
ice_ptp_reset_ts_memory_quad_e82x(9), ice_ptp_reset_ts_memory_e82x(9),
ice_ptp_set_vernier_wl(9), ice_ptp_init_phc_e82x(9),
ice_ptp_prep_phy_time_e82x(9), ice_ptp_prep_port_adj_e82x(9),
ice_ptp_prep_phy_adj_e82x(9), ice_ptp_prep_phy_incval_e82x(9),
ice_ptp_read_port_capture(9), ice_ptp_write_port_cmd_e82x(9),
ice_phy_get_speed_and_fec_e82x(9), ice_phy_cfg_lane_e82x(9),
ice_phy_cfg_uix_e82x(9), ice_phy_cfg_parpcs_e82x(9),
ice_calc_fixed_tx_offset_e82x(9), ice_phy_cfg_tx_offset_e82x(9),
ice_phy_calc_pmd_adj_e82x(9), ice_calc_fixed_rx_offset_e82x(9),
ice_phy_cfg_rx_offset_e82x(9), ice_ptp_clear_phy_offset_ready_e82x(9),
ice_read_phy_and_phc_time_e82x(9), ice_sync_phy_timer_e82x(9),
ice_stop_phy_timer_e82x(9), ice_start_phy_timer_e82x(9),
ice_get_phy_tx_tstamp_ready_e82x(9),
ice_check_phy_tx_tstamp_ready_e82x(9), ice_phy_cfg_intr_e82x(9),
ice_ptp_init_phy_e82x(9), ice_read_phy_reg_e810(9),
ice_write_phy_reg_e810(9), ice_read_phy_tstamp_ll_e810(9),
ice_read_phy_tstamp_sbq_e810(9), ice_read_phy_tstamp_e810(9),
ice_clear_phy_tstamp_e810(9), ice_ptp_init_phc_e810(9),
ice_ptp_prep_phy_time_e810(9), ice_ptp_prep_phy_adj_ll_e810(9),
ice_ptp_prep_phy_adj_e810(9), ice_ptp_prep_phy_incval_ll_e810(9),
ice_ptp_prep_phy_incval_e810(9), ice_ptp_port_cmd_e810(9),
ice_get_phy_tx_tstamp_ready_e810(9),
ice_check_phy_tx_tstamp_ready_e810(9), ice_read_sma_ctrl(9),
ice_write_sma_ctrl(9), ice_ptp_read_sdp_ac(9), ice_ptp_init_phy_e810(9),
ice_ptp_init_phc_e830(9), ice_ptp_write_direct_incval_e830(9),
ice_ptp_write_direct_phc_time_e830(9), ice_ptp_port_cmd_e830(9),
ice_read_phy_tstamp_e830(9), ice_get_phy_tx_tstamp_ready_e830(9),
ice_check_phy_tx_tstamp_ready_e830(9), ice_ptp_init_phy_e830(9),
ice_ptp_lock(9), ice_ptp_unlock(9), ice_ptp_init_hw(9),
ice_ptp_write_port_cmd(9), ice_ptp_one_port_cmd(9), ice_ptp_port_cmd(9),
ice_ptp_tmr_cmd(9), ice_ptp_init_time(9), ice_ptp_write_incval(9),
ice_ptp_write_incval_locked(9), ice_ptp_adj_clock(9),
ice_read_phy_tstamp(9), ice_clear_phy_tstamp(9), ice_get_pf_c827_idx(9),
ice_ptp_reset_ts_memory(9), ice_ptp_init_phc(9),
ice_get_phy_tx_tstamp_ready(9), ice_check_phy_tx_tstamp_ready(9),
ice_cgu_get_pin_desc_e823(9), ice_cgu_get_pin_desc(9),
ice_cgu_get_num_pins(9), ice_cgu_get_pin_type(9),
ice_cgu_get_pin_freq_supp(9), ice_cgu_get_pin_name(9),
ice_get_cgu_state(9), ice_get_cgu_rclk_pin_info(9),
ice_cgu_get_output_pin_state_caps(9)

like… that's the whole friend group right there. go follow them all 💅✨

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okay and that's the page!! mwah 🫶 this little beauty came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, and it will forever answer to the name ice_clear_ptp_tstamp_eth56g(9) — remember the name bestie, it's the moment 💖🎀