Driver for network timing systems

An electronic device, comprising:

• processing circuitry;
• and
• a device driver configured to perform a data packet transmission operation according to a time-synchronization protocol, wherein the device driver causes the processing circuitry to:
• store one or more data packets into one or more buffers supported by the processing circuitry;
• transmit the one or more data packets from the one or more buffers via a conductor;
• determine that a first-in-first-out component is not-empty;
• perform a read-ahead technique to obtain a timestamp of the one or more data packets, in response to determining that the first-in-first-out component is not-empty;
• and
• perform an input/output read operation after a determined delay following the transmission of the one or more data packets from the one or more buffers via the conductor, wherein the input/output read operation comprises supplying the timestamp of the one or more data packets that was determined by utilizing the first-in-first-out component.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable code stored thereon, the computer-executable code comprising instructions configured to cause one or more processors supporting a device driver that performs functions associated with an application running on an electronic device that transmits and receives data packets to:

• determine that a first-in-first-out component of the device driver is not-empty, wherein the first-in-first-out component stores timestamps of the data packets;
• pre-fetch the timestamps of the data packets stored in the first-in-first-out component upon determining that the first-in-first-out component is not-empty;
• and
• perform a data packet receiving operation or transmission operation to decrease a delay with respect to the application or the electronic device.