ixgbe_ptp_create_clock(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_ptp_create_clock(9) 💅

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is ixgbe_ptp_create_clock(9) — yes that's the whole function name, she's long, she's iconic, we move.

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_ptp_create_clock — literally the function that gets your PTP clock set up and living her best life 🕰️✨

(no cap, the original NAME section had nothing after the dash, so we're not gonna invent lore that isn't there 🫶)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

long ixgbe_ptp_create_clock (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter );

that's it, that's the signature, copy it exactly, don't come for me about the space before the ) 💀

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • adapter — the ixgbe private adapter structure. that's her. the ixgbe private adapter struct, your main character pointer 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she do? two things, and she does them well:

  • she performs setup of the user entry point function table — yes, the whole table, she's thorough like that 👑
  • she initializes the PTP clock device, which is the thing you use to access the clock-like features of the PTP core ⏰✨

and the lore doesn't stop there: she gets called by ixgbe_ptp_init, and she may reuse a previously initialized clock — like, for example, during a suspend/resume cycle. recycling is slay, we love a sustainable queen 🌈♻️

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

first up, the source file herself:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c

and then the whole friend group, every single one, no skipping, iykyk:

like, that's the entire group chat, all 29 of them, and yes ixgbe_ptp_init(9) is in there even though she's the one who calls our girl — circular bestie behavior, we don't question it 💅

🫶 quick vibe check before you go: everything above is verbatim from the page, i didn't add behavior, i didn't remove options, i just gave it ✨energy✨. periodt.

and that's the page!! sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes the path got cut off in the original, that's exactly how she arrived, we don't fix her 💀), dated October 2026, filed under ixgbe_ptp_create_clock(9) in the Kernel API Manual. mwah, go read the source, ily, bye 🍓🧚💜

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