ice_ptp_prep_phy_time_e810(9)

💅 ice_ptp_prep_phy_time_e810 — like, the Kernel API Manual one ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is ice_ptp_prep_phy_time_e810(9) 🎀 she's small, she's specific, and she's lowkey doing important clock math. let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

ice_ptp_prep_phy_time_e810 — prepare the PHY port with an initial time 🕰️

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ice_ptp_prep_phy_time_e810 (struct ice_hw *hw , u32 time );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• hw — the board private structure 🫶 (yes the whole board, she's private, respect her privacy)
• time — the time you want to initialize the PHY port clock to ⏰

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what she does: she programs the PHY port ETH_GLTSYN_SHTIME registers, getting everything ready to set the initial clock time. it's giving prep work, not the finale ✨

⚠️ real talk: the time will not actually be programmed until the driver issues an ICE_PTP_INIT_TIME command. so like, she's setting the stage, not hitting go 💅

And the time value? it's the upper 32 bits of the PHY timer, and it's usually in units of nominal nanoseconds. iykyk 🧚

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole group chat, fr fr — starting with the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp_hw.c:

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_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_get_phy_tx_tstamp_ready(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 and every single one of them said hi 💀 but honestly? iconic. no cap.

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and that's the whole page bestie 🫶 she lives over in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, this is the Kernel API Manual, and this drop is dated October 2026 ⭐ go prep that PHY port, you absolute legend 🌈💜