mlx4_en_phc_gettime(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, meet mlx4_en_phc_gettime(9) from the Kernel API Manual — the function that reads the current time from the hardware clock. it's giving timekeeper main character energy ⏰💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int mlx4_en_phc_gettime (struct ptp_clock_info *ptp , struct timespec64
*ts );

so the return type is int, and that's the exact call shape — spaces, line break, and all 😌✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ptp — the ptp clock structure; yes, that's the thing you hand over 🫶
• ts — the timespec structure that's gonna hold the current time value ⏳

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Reads the timecounter and returns the correct value in ns, after converting it into a struct timespec — literally the glow-up from raw timecounter to proper timespec 💖✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file to peek at is ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_clock.c — that's the spot 🧚✨

and the whole clock-side crew is linked up:

• mlx4_en_remove_timestamp(9)
• mlx4_en_phc_adjfine(9)
• mlx4_en_phc_adjtime(9)
• mlx4_en_phc_settime(9)
• mlx4_en_phc_enable(9)

sign-off time, bestie: the footer's source/version is ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano... — yes, exactly like that, truncated vibe and all 🙈 — dated October 2026, with mlx4_en_phc_gettime(9) doing its little title cameo down there. that's the page — periodt 💜🌈