atl1e_set_multi(9)

💅 atl1e_set_multi(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so this is atl1e_set_multi, a lil' kernel function page straight out of the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's giving "quietly essential." let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

atl1e_set_multi — Multicast and Promiscuous mode set 🌈

like yes, that's the whole vibe: this bad boy handles multicast and promiscuous mode setup.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void atl1e_set_multi (struct net_device *netdev );

that's it. one function, one argument, void return because it's too iconic to return anything 💅

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• netdev — the network interface device structure. that's your struct net_device *, the main character of this whole operation 👑

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so the set_multi entry point gets called whenever the multicast address list or the network interface flags get updated. like, every time something shifts, this thing gets the ping 📲

and what's it actually doing? this routine is responsible for configuring the hardware for:

• proper multicast 🌸
• promiscuous mode 🙈
• all-multi behavior 💯

no cap, it's the hardware-wrangler for those three. the driver calls it, it makes the NIC behave. periodt.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

bestie, this is the friend group — the whole atl1e crew, plus where to go read the real source:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c 📂
• atl1e_irq_enable(9)
• atl1e_irq_disable(9)
• atl1e_irq_reset(9)
• atl1e_phy_config(9)
• atl1e_link_chg_task(9)
• atl1e_tx_timeout(9)
• atl1e_set_mac_addr(9)
• atl1e_change_mtu(9)
• atl1e_alloc_queues(9)
• atl1e_sw_init(9)
• atl1e_clean_tx_ring(9)
• atl1e_clean_rx_ring(9)
• atl1e_free_ring_resources(9)
• atl1e_setup_ring_resources(9)
• atl1e_configure(9)
• atl1e_get_stats(9)
• atl1e_intr(9)
• atl1e_clean(9)
• atl1e_open(9)
• atl1e_close(9)
• atl1e_probe(9)
• atl1e_remove(9)
• atl1e_io_error_detected(9)
• atl1e_io_slot_reset(9)
• atl1e_io_resume(9)

like, collect them all, iykyk 🦋

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🎀 the sign-off 🎀

this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros... (yes that's literally what it says, don't come for me) and it's dated October 2026 — so mark your calendar, bestie, and go configure some multicast 💖✨🧚