dev_set_group(9)

💖 dev_set_group(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for dev_set_group(9) ✨ this one is short and iconic: it’s literally about changing the group this device belongs to. no cap, that’s the whole vibe. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

dev_set_group — change group this device belongs to 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void dev_set_group (struct net_device *dev , int new_group );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — device 🫶 like, the device in question, bestie.
• new_group — group this device should belong to 🌈 the group it’s getting assigned to, periodt.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./net/core/dev_api.c is the source file, and here’s the whole friend group 👑:

• dev_change_name(9)
• dev_set_alias(9)
• dev_change_flags(9)
• dev_change_net_namespace(9)
• dev_change_carrier(9)
• dev_change_tx_queue_len(9)
• dev_change_proto_down(9)
• dev_open(9)
• dev_close(9)
• dev_disable_lro(9)
• dev_set_promiscuity(9)
• dev_set_allmulti(9)
• dev_set_mac_address(9)
• netdev_state_change(9)

mwah 💋 this page comes from ./net/core, dated October 2026, and it’s the dev_set_group(9) manual page — byeee 🦋✨