viortc_hw_xtstamp_params(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, this is viortc_hw_xtstamp_params from the Kernel API Manual — and its whole job is literally right there in the name: get HW-specific xtstamp params ✨. That's the vibe, that's the function, no cap 💅.

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

int viortc_hw_xtstamp_params (u8 *hw_counter , enum clocksource_ids
       *cs_id );

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• hw_counter — the virtio_rtc HW counter type 💫
• cs_id — the clocksource id corresponding to hw_counter 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Gets the HW-specific xtstamp params. If the driver cannot support xtstamp, it returns an error 😭. That's the whole tea — it's giving "ask the hardware for the xtstamp details" energy, fr fr.

🌸 CONTEXT 🌸

Process context. That's the setting for this one, bestie 🧘‍♀️✨

⭐ RETURN ⭐

• Zero on success 🎉
• A negative error code otherwise 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

The kernel file ./drivers/virtio/virtio_rtc_internal.h — go peek if you want the lore 🔥

xoxo, bestie 💖 this page is from the Kernel API Manual, source/version ./drivers/virtio, dated October 2026, and its page name is viortc_hw_xtstamp_params(9) 🎀