register_mii...p_controller(9)

💖 register_mii_tstamp_controller(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes this is register_mii...p_controller(9), the page with the little ellipsis in the name because the header line couldn't fit the whole thing (it's giving "username too long for the field", we've all been there 🫶). this one is short and sweet and honestly kind of iconic for it.

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✨ NAME ✨

register_mii_tstamp_controller — registers an MII time stamping device. that's it. that's the whole job. she registers, she slays, she leaves 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int register_mii_tstamp_controller (struct device *device , struct
mii_timestamping_ctrl *ctrl );

look at her. two arguments, one int return, zero drama. copy it exactly bestie, spacing and all, don't @ me 😭

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• device — the device to be registered. literally the star of the show, main character energy, she's the one getting signed up 👑
• ctrl — pointer to the device's control interface. this is her little control panel, her backstage pass, her aux cord to the actual time stamping machinery 🎀

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

returns zero on success or non-zero on failure. periodt. that's the whole description. no hidden lore, no secret second paragraph, no "but wait there's more" — ngl I respect the brevity 💀

so like, vibe check your return value: 0 = we ate, non-zero = something went sideways and you should probably look into it 🙈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/phy/mii_timestamper.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖
• unregister_mii_tstamp_controller(9) — the breakup arc 💔
• register_mii_timestamper(9) — her cousin who does the other kind of registering 🌈
• unregister_mii_timestamper(9) — and his breakup arc too 😭

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bestie reminder: every single one of those SEE ALSO refs is a real page, go read them, they're like the group chat of MII time stamping and you don't wanna be left on read 💜

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and that's the whole page, we're done, no cap ✨ this lil' gem comes to you from ./drivers/net/phy, dated October 2026, filed under register_mii...p_controller(9) — mwah, go register something, ily 🧚💖