ice_get_phy_tx_tstamp_ready(9)

💅 ice_get_phy_tx_tstamp_ready — Kernel API Manual 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up era of the kernel API docs ✨ this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's giving "tiny function, big responsibilities." let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_get_phy_tx_tstamp_ready — Read PHY Tx memory status indication 🔥

like, it literally just goes and asks the PHY "hey queen, are your Tx timestamps ready or not?"

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ice_get_phy_tx_tstamp_ready (struct ice_hw *hw , u8 block , u64
*tstamp_ready );

no cap, that's the whole signature. three things in, one int out 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the HW struct. your main character struct, the one with all the hardware lore 🏠
• block — the timestamp block to check 👀 like, which block of timestamps are we vibe-checking rn
• tstamp_ready — storage for the PHY Tx memory status information 📦 this is where the answer gets tucked away, so it better be pointing somewhere real

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Check the PHY for Tx timestamp memory status. that's the whole mission, bestie 🧚

This reports a 64 bit value which indicates which timestamps in the block may be captured. and here's the decoder ring, iykyk:

• A set bit means the timestamp can be read. go off, read it 👑
• An unset bit means the timestamp is not ready and software should avoid reading the register. like, do NOT touch it, it's not ready for you yet 🙈

fr fr though — an unset bit is not an invitation, it's a boundary. software should avoid reading the register. respect the bit 🚫

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

first up, the loc: the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp_hw.c 📁

and now the full friend group — every single one of these, no skips, no cuts, we don't do that here 🌈

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_clear_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_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 a whole friend group chat and every single one of them is invited to the function 🫶💖

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okay that's the tea 🍓 this page ships out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, and it's timestamped October 2026 — so mark your calendars bestie, this is ice_get_phy_tx_tstamp_ready(9) and she ate 💅✨👑