igb_ptp_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 igb_ptp_init(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual one 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the igb_ptp_init page ✨ it lives in the Kernel API Manual (yes that's the manual name, yes it's giving official), and we're gonna walk through it together, no cap 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

igb_ptp_init — Initialize PTP functionality 💖

like literally that's the whole vibe: it sets the PTP stuff up. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void igb_ptp_init (struct igb_adapter *adapter );

that's it, that's the signature 👑 it returns void (so nothing comes back, don't @ me) and it takes exactly one arg.

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • adapter — Board private structure 🌈 like it's the lil' per-board struct where all the private deets live, and our function needs it.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so igb_ptp_init is the function that gets called at device probe to initialize the PTP functionality ⭐ that's the whole description, and honestly? iconic. it shows up during probe, it does the PTP setup, it leaves. main character energy fr fr 🔥

lowkey important deets: called at device probe, and its job is initializing PTP functionality — don't forget either one 💜

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file where the magic happens 👇

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c

and the whole friend group of related pages, all (9) section besties 🍓:

like go read them too, iykyk 😭

okay that's the page!! and for the cute sign-off: this lil' beauty comes from the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb, dated October 2026, and it's igb_ptp_init(9) — slay, bye bestie 💖🎀🦋

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