ice_e82x_time_ref(9)

💅 ice_e82x_time_ref(9) — like, the TIME_REF getter bestie ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, that manual, the kernel one, we're fancy now 🎀) and it's about one very specific little function. she's small, she's focused, she slays at exactly one job. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

ice_e82x_time_ref — grab the current TIME_REF straight out of the capabilities ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum ice_tspll_freq ice_e82x_time_ref (const struct ice_hw *hw );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the HW structure 💖 literally just a pointer to the hardware struct, that's the whole vibe.

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

Returns the current TIME_REF from the capabilities structure. that's it, that's the function 🫶 she reads, she returns, she does not elaborate. no cap, sometimes the simplest icon is the most iconic 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp_hw.h
• struct ice_phy_reg_info_eth56g(9)
• struct ice_time_ref_info_e82x(9)
• struct ice_vernier_info_e82x(9)
• struct ice_eth56g_mac_reg_cfg(9)
• ice_set_e82x_time_ref(9)
• ice_get_base_incval(9)

like, go read those too, they're all in the same friend group iykyk 💜

and that's the whole page bestie, no notes 💖 this cutie lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026 — mwah, periodt, see u in the next manpage 🌸✨🍓