axienet_set_multicast_list(9)

💖 axienet_set_multicast_list(9) 💖

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's a little guy with a big job. bestie, let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

axienet_set_multicast_list — prepare the multicast table, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void axienet_set_multicast_list (struct net_device *ndev );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• ndev — pointer to the net_device structure 👑 literally just a pointer to your net device, that's it, that's the whole argument list

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so the way this works: this function gets called to initialize the multicast table during initialization. like, setup era 💖

the Axi Ethernet basic multicast support has a four-entry multicast table, and yes, it gets initialized right here. four entries. not three, not five. four. slay 🍓

and THEN — plot twist — this function also goes into the net_device_ops structure entry ndo_set_multicast_list. which means... whenever the multicast table entries need to be updated, this function gets called. every time. it's giving main character energy fr fr 🧚✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
• axienet_dma_in32(9), axienet_dma_bd_release(9), axienet_calc_cr(9), axienet_coalesce_params(9), axienet_dma_start(9), axienet_dma_bd_init(9), axienet_set_mac_address(9), netdev_set_mac_address(9), axienet_setoptions(9), axienet_dma_stop(9), axienet_device_reset(9), axienet_free_tx_chain(9), axienet_check_tx_bd_space(9), axienet_dma_tx_cb(9), axienet_start_xmit_dmaengine(9), axienet_tx_poll(9), axienet_start_xmit(9), axienet_dma_rx_cb(9), axienet_rx_poll(9), axienet_tx_irq(9), axienet_rx_irq(9), axienet_eth_irq(9), axienet_rx_submit_desc(9), axienet_init_dmaengine(9), axienet_init_legacy_dma(9), axienet_open(9), axienet_stop(9), axienet_change_mtu(9), axienet_poll_controller(9), axienet_ethtools_get_drvinfo(9), axienet_ethtools_get_regs_len(9), axienet_ethtools_get_regs(9), axienet_ethtools_get_pauseparam(9), axienet_ethtools_set_pauseparam(9), axienet_update_coalesce_rx(9), axienet_dim_coalesce_count_rx(9), axienet_rx_dim_work(9), axienet_update_coalesce_tx(9), axienet_ethtools_get_coalesce(9), axienet_ethtools_set_coalesce(9), axienet_dma_err_handler(9), axienet_probe(9)

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and that's the page!! 🫶 shoutout to the source at ./drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx and to October 2026 for the date stamp — iconic, no notes, periodt 💜🌈