change_mac(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so welcome to change_mac(9), straight outta the Kernel API Manual — this page is about change_mac: change(add or delete) mac address. That's it, that's the assignment, and honestly? iconic. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the exact signature, bestie — do not freestyle it:

int change_mac (struct hinic_dev *nic_dev , const u8 *addr , u16 vlan_id
       , enum mac_op op );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• nic_dev — the nic device. yes, that one. 🫶
• addr — the mac address. 🎀
• vlan_id — the vlan number to set with the mac.
• op — add or delete the mac. choose your fighter, but only these two vibes. 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Return 0 - Success, negative - Failure. that's the whole return-value story: zero for success, negative for failure, periodt. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c — go peek, iykyk. 👑

• hinic_port_add_mac(9)
• hinic_port_del_mac(9)
• hinic_port_get_mac(9)
• hinic_port_set_mtu(9)
• hinic_port_add_vlan(9)
• hinic_port_del_vlan(9)
• hinic_port_set_rx_mode(9)
• hinic_port_link_state(9)
• hinic_port_set_state(9)
• hinic_port_set_func_state(9)
• hinic_port_get_cap(9)
• hinic_port_set_tso(9)

🫶 source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... — date: October 2026 — change_mac(9) out, bye bestie! 💖