ice_ptp_init_owner(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ice_ptp_init_owner(9) — like, the PTP origin story

okay so first things first, bestie: this is a page out of the Kernel API Manual (yes, the kernel has a manual, and yes it ate). The function we're obsessing over today is ice_ptp_init_owner, and it's lowkey the main character of getting PTP_1588_CLOCK set up 💖

✨ NAME ✨

ice_ptp_init_owner — literally just here to Initialize the PTP_1588_CLOCK device. That's the whole vibe. Short, sweet, iconic. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ice_ptp_init_owner (struct ice_pf *pf );

she takes one argument, she returns an int, she's booked and busy ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • pf — the Board private structure. that's it, that's the argument. she's the board's whole personality in one pointer 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does she actually do?? ngl she's kind of a big deal:

  • Setup and initialize a PTP clock device that represents the device hardware clock ⏰✨ like, she's literally building the clock that the hardware gets to call its own.
  • Save the clock index for other functions connected to the same hardware resource 💾 — so all her little sibling functions can find the clock later. sharing is caring, iykyk.
no cap, that's the entire job. build the clock, stash the index, dip. 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this section is long, buckle up bestie — here's the entire group chat, every single one of them:

and also, fr fr, the actual Kernel file is over at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c — go read it, she's serving source code 💅📖

🧚 quick reminder bestie: this whole page lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, and it's dated October 2026. So when you're citing her, cite her right. ⭐

k that's the page!! go forth and init your PTP clock, you absolute icon 👑💖 slay!! ✨💅✨

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