octeon_get_clock_rate(9)
π octeon_get_clock_rate(9) π
okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie β today's main character is octeon_get_clock_rate(9) and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she tells you a number. that's it. that's the whole vibe. π
β¨ NAME β¨
octeon_get_clock_rate β get the clock rate of Octeon π
like literally just. what speed is this Octeon running at. that's the assignment. π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
uint64_t octeon_get_clock_rate (void );
no cap, that's the entire signature. she takes nothing, she gives you a uint64_t. icon behavior. β¨
β¨ ARGUMENTS β¨
voidβ no arguments π«Ά like, zero. none. she doesn't want your input, she's doing her own thing. respect it.
β¨ RETURN β¨
returns the clock rate in HZ π that's her whole personality. one value, in hertz, and she's not elaborating.
β¨ SEE ALSO β¨
if you're obsessed with this whole Octeon situation (and honestly same π¦), the kernel file <pink>./arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c</pink> is where it all lives, and here's the whole friend group:
octeon_is_simulation(9)octeon_is_pci_host(9)octeon_write_lcd(9)octeon_get_boot_uart(9)octeon_get_boot_coremask(9)octeon_check_cpu_bist(9)octeon_restart(9)octeon_kill_core(9)octeon_halt(9)octeon_board_type_string(9)prom_init(9)
fr fr go read them, they're all lowkey serving π
bestie note: this page does not give you extra lore β no env vars, no exit statuses, no flags. she's a one-liner queen and we love her for it. π
and that's the whole page, periodt π this one came from <purple>./arch/mips/cavium-octeon</purple>, dated October 2026, and yes it's octeon_get_clock_rate(9) again in the corner because she said her own name twice and honestly? legend. πβ¨π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms