ixgbe_ptp_feature_enable(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_ptp_feature_enable(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this one's a lil function from the ixgbe driver's PTP corner of the world, and honestly the NAME section is out here giving mystery 🕵️‍♀️ because it's literally just blank. no summary, no nothing. we love an enigmatic icon 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

ixgbe_ptp_feature_enable — and that's it. the manpage just leaves a dash there, like a text message that says "..." 😭 so no subtitle for us, bestie. the name is the whole personality.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_ptp_feature_enable (struct ptp_clock_info *ptp , struct
       ptp_clock_request *rq , int on );

returns an int, takes three args, and yes the line break in the middle is exactly as the original has it, no cap 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • ptp — the ptp clock structure 💫 it's the ptp clock we're poking at, that's the vibe.
  • rq — the requested feature to change 🦋 literally the thing you want to poke.
  • on — whether to enable or disable the feature 👑 it's a yes/no lil switch, that's the whole job.

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does it actually do? it enables — or disables, whichever way on is vibing — ancillary features of the phc subsystem 🔥

and here's the tea ☕: our driver only supports the PPS feature, and only on the X540. that's it. that's the entire feature set. one feature. one chip. main character energy, honestly 🎀✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

first up, the kernel file this lives in:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c — go read the source bestie, it's all there 📖

and then the whole extended friend group of related functions, in the order the original lists them (don't come for me, I'm keeping it exact 💅):

okay that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 🫶💖

and for the cute sign-off: this lil page came from the source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes, the original really does truncate it like that 😭) and it's dated October 2026 ⭐ — go forth and be iconic with your PPS on the X540 🌈💅

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