ice_generate_clock_id(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ice_generate_clock_id 💖

okay so we're deep in the kernel API manual rn — this is ice_generate_clock_id(9), bestie, and yes it's exactly as niche and iconic as it sounds 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ice_generate_clock_id — the little function that generates a unique clock_id so we can register dpll. that's it. that's the whole job. and it does it flawlessly 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u64 ice_generate_clock_id (struct ice_pf *pf );

literally one struct in, one u64 out. no drama, no cap 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • pf — the board private structure. that's your whole board's little private world, and we're passing it in 💖

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does it actually do? it generates a unique (per board!!) clock_id, and that id is what we use for allocation and search of dpll devices down in the Linux dpll subsystem ✨

per board is the key phrase here — iykyk. each board gets its own id and that's the whole vibe 👑

⭐ RETURN ⭐

the generated clock id for the board. that's the answer. that's the whole gift 🎁

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first off, the kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c — that's where the magic lives, plus the enum:

like. that's the whole dpll friend group and they ALL showed up to the function's birthday party 🧚🎀

lowkey a flex that a function this small has this many friends. main character energy fr fr 💜

and that's the page, bestie 🍓 this little gem comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, and it's filed under ice_generate_clock_id(9) — go forth and register those dpll devices, periodt 💅✨🌈

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