idpf_ptp_get_access(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 idpf_ptp_get_access — a little kernel API moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the idpf_ptp_get_access page 💖 this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and honestly it's a short one but it's iconic in its own way. it does exactly one thing and it does it slayfully: it tells you what kind of access the PTP features are gonna get. periodt.

✨ NAME ✨

idpf_ptp_get_access — determine the access type of the PTP features 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

enum idpf_ptp_access idpf_ptp_get_access (const struct idpf_adapter
*adapter , u32 direct , u32 mailbox );

so it hands you back an enum idpf_ptp_access, and it wants three things. lowkey simple. ngl. ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • adapter — the driver specific private structure 💜 like, the main character struct, the one holding all the driver's private lil secrets.
  • direct — a capability that indicates the direct access 👑 this flag is basically telling you "hey, can we do the thing directly?"
  • mailbox — a capability that indicates the mailbox access 📬 and this one's the "or do we gotta send a message through the mailbox instead" vibe.

⭐ RETURN ⭐

it returns the type of supported access for the PTP feature 🫶 that's it, that's the whole return value. no cap.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so this is the part where the whole friend group shows up, because PTP in idpf is a squad:

like, the whole roster. go read them all, iykyk 💅

🧚 friendly reminder: this page is from the kernel tree at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf, dated October 2026, and yes that's the same idpf_ptp_get_access(9) we've been talking about this whole time. bye bestie, go get that access type 🍓💖✨
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