ice_ptp_prep..._time_eth56g(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 NAME 💅

okay so this is ice_ptp_prep_phy_time_eth56g — literally Prepare PHY port with initial time ✨ — and the page title goes by ice_ptp_prep..._time_eth56g(9) in the Kernel API Manual. bestie, it's giving "set the PHY port clock's first time value" energy 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ice_ptp_prep_phy_time_eth56g (struct ice_hw *hw , u32 time );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. like, the hardware struct pointer, periodt.
  • time — Time to initialize the PHY port clocks to. that's the value you're handing over.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Program the PHY port registers with a new initial time value. The port clock will be initialized once the driver issues an ICE_PTP_INIT_TIME sync command. The time value is the upper 32 bits of the PHY timer, usually in units of nominal nanoseconds.

no cap, that's the whole vibe: you're loading in the starting time, and the port clock actually kicks off when the driver sends that ICE_PTP_INIT_TIME sync command 🕰️✨

✨ RETURN ✨

  • 0 — success. slay. 💅
  • other — failed to write to PHY. not the vibe 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole reference friend group, lowkey iconic:

catch you later, bestie 🫶 this one's from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, straight out of the Kernel API Manual — periodt 💅✨

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