igc_ptp_set_timestamp_mode(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 igc_ptp_set_timestamp_mode 💅

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, the Kernel API Manual, we're literally in the big leagues now) and it's all about igc_ptp_set_timestamp_mode — the function that sets up the hardware for timestamping. that's it. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

igc_ptp_set_timestamp_mode — setup hardware for timestamping ⏱️✨

like, it literally goes and gets the hardware ready so your packets can get stamped with times. no cap, that's the job.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int igc_ptp_set_timestamp_mode (struct igc_adapter *adapter , struct
       kernel_hwtstamp_config *config );

it gives you back an int, takes two pointers, and one of them is a struct igc_adapter * called adapter while the other is a struct kernel_hwtstamp_config * called config. those names matter, bestie — do not rename them, the compiler will simply pass away 💀

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • adapter — the networking device structure. it's giving "this is the NIC we're talking about" energy. it's the main character of this whole operation 👑
  • config — the hwtstamp configuration. this is the little bundle of settings that tells the hardware what timestamping behaviour you actually want. the blueprint, if you will 🦋

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 — success!! slay!! it worked!! ✨🎉
  • a negative errno code — nope, something went sideways, and the negative errno tells you what 🙈

that's the whole return contract, fr fr. zero means we ate, negative means we did not.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file that hosts all this goodness lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ptp.c — go read it, it's right there, iykyk 📖💜

and here's the whole friend group, every single one of them, no skips:

literally the entire PTP cinematic universe 🌈⭐

bestie reminder: 0 = success, negative errno = not success. don't get it twisted 💅

okay that's the page!! this icon was brought to you by the fine people over at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc, dated October 2026 — mwah, love u, go timestamp something 🍓🧚💖

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