atl2_set_mac(9)

💅 atl2_set_mac(9) — like, the whole glow-up guide

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about atl2_set_mac(9). buckle up bestie, it's a short one but it's iconic 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

atl2_set_mac — Change the Ethernet Address of the NIC

like literally, it swaps out your network card's Ethernet address. a whole identity change, main character energy 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int atl2_set_mac (struct net_device *netdev , void *p );

that's the whole vibe. it hands back an int, and it takes these two cuties down below 👇

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• netdev — the network interface device structure. yeah, that one. the whole device vibe check happens through here 🦋
• p — a pointer to an address structure. it's pointing at the address, that's the whole job, no cap ✨

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

Returns 0 on success, negative on failure. that's it. that's the description. short and sweet, fr fr 💀

ngl it does not elaborate. 0 means slay, anything negative means it didn't eat 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group, gathered in Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c:

• atl2_sw_init(9)
• atl2_set_multi(9)
• atl2_configure(9)
• atl2_setup_ring_resources(9)
• atl2_irq_enable(9)
• atl2_irq_disable(9)
• atl2_intr(9)
• atl2_free_ring_resources(9)
• atl2_open(9)
• atl2_close(9)
• atl2_change_mtu(9)
• atl2_tx_timeout(9)
• atl2_watchdog(9)
• atl2_phy_config(9)
• atl2_link_chg_task(9)
• atl2_probe(9)
• atl2_remove(9)
• atl2_check_options(9)

go read them all, they're literally all linked together, you'll be obsessed 🫶

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💖 that's the whole page bestie 💖

signed, sealed, delivered: this was from the Kernel API Manual (source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/atheros...), dated October 2026, for atl2_set_mac(9). periodt 💅