ice_parse_1588_dev_caps(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🧊 ice_parse_1588_dev_caps — a NAME moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this little page is all about ice_parse_1588_dev_caps, and honestly? it does exactly one thing and it does it gorgeously.

ice_parse_1588_dev_caps — parse ICE_AQC_CAPS_1588 device caps ✨ (that's it, that's the whole job, and it ate 💅)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ice_parse_1588_dev_caps (struct ice_hw *hw , struct ice_hw_dev_caps
*dev_p , struct libie_aqc_list_caps_elem *cap );

literally just one function call, no cap 🧢 returns void, so nothing comes back — it does its thing and dips 💜

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

three little besties walk into a function:

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct 🖥️
  • dev_p — pointer to device capabilities structure 🎀
  • cap — capability element to parse 🔍

all three are pointers, all three are required, no defaults, no vibes-based guessing 🌸

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what it actually does: it parses ICE_AQC_CAPS_1588 for device capabilities. that's the assignment. it understood the assignment. periodt 💅✨

no hidden behaviour, no extra magic — it takes the 1588 caps element and slots the info into the device caps structure. iconic, lowkey 🦋

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the source lives in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c 🧚 and honestly the friend group here is huge — here's the whole squad, no gatekeeping, iykyk:

that's the whole group chat, bestie — every single one of them 💀🔥

and that's the page!! 🎀 this little icon dropped from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice back in October 2026, and the man page itself is ice_parse_1588_dev_caps(9) — go read the others too, mwah 💖🦋✨

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