ixgbe_ptp_gettimex(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_ptp_gettimex(9) — like, the kernel API manual bestie ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is ixgbe_ptp_gettimex 💅 buckle up.

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_ptp_gettimex —

ngl the original page literally just trails off after the dash 🙈 no one-liner, no description, just vibes. so mysterious of it. moving on bestie 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_ptp_gettimex (struct ptp_clock_info *ptp , struct timespec64
*ts , struct ptp_system_timestamp *sts );

that's the whole signature, exactly as written, no cap 🔥

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • ptp — the ptp clock structure. that's the main character right there 👑
  • ts — timespec to hold the PHC timestamp 💖
  • sts — structure to hold the system time before and after reading the PHC. like, it's doing a little before-and-after photoshoot around the read 📸

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: it reads the timecounter and returns the correct value in ns, after converting it into a struct timespec. that's it, that's the whole bit ✨ literally just: grab the counter, convert, hand you the right number. slay.

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ptp.c — go say hi 🧚

and then, bestie, the whole friend group 💜:

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 mwah 💋

sign-off time: this one comes from the source <bold>./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i...</bold> and it's dated October 2026 — so mark your calendar and page ixgbe_ptp_gettimex(9) again real soon ok?? 💖✨🦋

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