ice_ptp_read...tatus_eth56g(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this page is ice_ptp_read_tx_hwtstamp_status_eth56g and it lives in the Kernel API Manual (the header up top gets squished to ice_ptp_read...tatus_eth56g(9) because manpage headers love to be extra 💅). And what does it actually do? It literally just Get TX timestamp status. that's the whole vibe. icon.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ice_ptp_read_tx_hwtstamp_status_eth56g (struct ice_hw *hw , u32 *ts_status );

no cap, that's it. two args, one int coming back at you 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • hw — pointer to the HW struct. yes. the hardware struct. she's the main character of this whole file 🧚
  • ts_status — the timestamp mask pointer. that's where the status mask ends up, so keep it safe 🔥

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what's happening here: this function reads the PHY Tx timestamp status mask, and that mask tells you which ports have Tx timestamps available. imagine a little glow-up report card for your ports — who's got a timestamp ready, who doesn't. that's the read. that's the whole function. ate and left no crumbs ✨

🌈 RETURN 🌈

  • 0 — success 💖 everything slayed, the mask got read, we're so back
  • other — failed to read from PHY 💀 the PHY didn't pick up the phone, so the read did not happen
ngl, "other" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here — the page literally just says other = failed to read from PHY, so don't go inventing meanings for specific values, bestie 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the Kernel file this beauty hangs out in is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp_hw.c, and the friend group is huge — like, group-chat-with-150-members huge. here's everyone, no one left out, fr fr 🫶

and that's the whole page! 💜 this one comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, and the footer's title is ice_ptp_read...tatus_eth56g(9) — go read some ports, bestie, you've got this 🎀✨💅

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