setup_sync_octeon_time_wq(9)

💅 setup_sync_octeon_time_wq — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for setup_sync_octeon_time_wq(9), and yes the whole function name is a mouthful but we're gonna get through it together 🫶

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🌸 NAME

setup_sync_octeon_time_wq — literally sets up the work that periodically updates your local time to the octeon firmware. that's the whole vibe. it's the little worker bee 🐝 that keeps firmware clock in sync, no cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS

int setup_sync_octeon_time_wq (struct net_device *netdev );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS

• netdev — the network device that should send the time update to the firmware 💖 like, this is the NIC that gets the honors of telling octeon what time it is. main character energy fr fr.

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👑 SEE ALSO

okay this list is LONG but every single one of these is iconic in its own way, so here we go, no skips, we respect the whole squad 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
• octeon_console_debug_enabled(9)
• force_io_queues_off(9)
• pcierror_quiesce_device(9)
• cleanup_aer_uncorrect_error_status(9)
• stop_pci_io(9)
• liquidio_pcie_error_detected(9)
• liquidio_pcie_mmio_enabled(9)
• liquidio_pcie_slot_reset(9)
• liquidio_pcie_resume(9)
• liquidio_init_pci(9)
• liquidio_deinit_pci(9)
• check_txq_status(9)
• print_link_info(9)
• octnet_link_status_change(9)
• setup_link_status_change_wq(9)
• update_link_status(9)
• lio_sync_octeon_time(9)
• cleanup_sync_octeon_time_wq(9)
• liquidio_probe(9)
• octeon_pci_flr(9)
• octeon_destroy_resources(9)
• send_rx_ctrl_cmd(9)
• liquidio_destroy_nic_device(9)
• liquidio_stop_nic_module(9)
• liquidio_remove(9)
• octeon_chip_specific_setup(9)
• octeon_pci_os_setup(9)
• free_netbuf(9)
• free_netsgbuf(9)
• free_netsgbuf_with_resp(9)
• liquidio_ptp_adjfine(9)
• liquidio_ptp_adjtime(9)
• liquidio_ptp_gettime(9)
• liquidio_ptp_settime(9)
• liquidio_ptp_enable(9)
• oct_ptp_open(9)
• liquidio_ptp_init(9)
• load_firmware(9)
• octnet_poll_check_txq_status(9)
• setup_tx_poll_fn(9)
• liquidio_open(9)
• liquidio_stop(9)
• get_new_flags(9)
• liquidio_set_mcast_list(9)
• liquidio_set_mac(9)
• handle_timestamp(9)
• send_nic_timestamp_pkt(9)
• liquidio_xmit(9)
• liquidio_tx_timeout(9)
• liquidio_set_rxcsum_command(9)
• liquidio_vxlan_port_command(9)
• liquidio_fix_features(9)
• liquidio_set_features(9)
• liquidio_init(9)
• setup_nic_devices(9)
• liquidio_init_nic_module(9)
• nic_starter(9)
• octeon_device_init(9)
• octeon_dbg_console_print(9)
• liquidio_exit(9)

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💀 real talk: setup_sync_octeon_time_wq is the setup half and cleanup_sync_octeon_time_wq(9) is the cleanup half — they're a matching set, bestie. don't set it up and forget to tear it down, that's not the move 🙈

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and that's the page!! 🦋 this one's from the kernel source tree at ./drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/... and it's dated October 2026 — so like, yeah, mark your calendars, the octeon time-sync era is upon us ⭐ stay slay, stay synced, periodt 💜