atl1e_set_mac_addr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 atl1e_set_mac_addr(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so picture this: it's a manpage, it's in the Kernel API Manual, and it's about changing the Ethernet Address of the NIC. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

atl1e_set_mac_addr — literally the function that swaps out the Ethernet Address of the NIC. that's it, that's the whole job, and it does it slayfully 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int atl1e_set_mac_addr (struct net_device *netdev , void *p );

like, the signature is right there, no cap 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • netdev — the network interface device structure. the main character of the whole situation 👑
  • p — a pointer to an address structure. it's giving "mystery box but make it a pointer" 🙈

💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

so what does it actually do? it returns 0 on success, and negative on failure. that's the entire description, and honestly? iconic. minimal. unbothered. periodt 💅

ngl the docs here are short and sweet, so don't go reading extra behaviour into it — success is 0, failure is negative, and that's what we know fr fr.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

first up, the source file itself, living its best life at:

./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c

and now the whole friend group, all in (9) section, all here, all accounted for 🧚:

twenty-five besties and not a single one missing 💜

okay that's the page!! 💖✨ this lil masterpiece is from ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros... (that's the source/version-ish bit at the bottom, mwah) and it's dated October 2026 — future girlie behavior fr fr. stay slaying, go change that MAC address responsibly, and remember: 0 means we ate, negative means we did not 🍓🎀

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