ixgbe_ptp_hwtstamp_get(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_ptp_hwtstamp_get(9) 💖

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual — yes, that manual — and it's all about the Intel ixgbe driver's hardware timestamping vibes. buckle up bestie, it's short but it slays 🕐✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_ptp_hwtstamp_get — get the current hardware timestamping configuration. that's it, that's the whole job 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ixgbe_ptp_hwtstamp_get (struct net_device *netdev , struct
       kernel_hwtstamp_config *config );

like, it takes two things and hands you back an int. classic. 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • netdev — pointer to the net device structure. the actual network device we're talking about, no cap 🦋
  • config — the timestamping configuration structure. this is where the answers go 🍓

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so this function returns the current timestamping settings, right? and here's the iconic part: instead of trying to deconstruct registers to fill in the values (which sounds like an absolute nightmare, ngl 😭), it simply keeps a copy of the old settings around, and returns a copy when requested. lowkey genius, highkey efficient. the way that it just remembers things instead of doing register archaeology? obsessed. 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group is here, bestie — every single one of them 👑

💡 friendly reminder: this page lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... in the kernel source tree — you'll find the whole saga there. it's giving "read the source, bestie" energy 🧚

that's the whole page, periodt. 💀💖 sourced from the kernel docs, version vibes dated October 2026, and honestly? iconic of them. stay timestamped, bestie 🕐👑🌸

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