dpsw_if_get_port_mac_addr(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– dpsw_if_get_port_mac_addr(9) πŸ’–

Okay so bestie, you’ve landed on the page for dpsw_if_get_port_mac_addr(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨ It’s giving β€œretrieve the MAC address, slay,” and we’re gonna go through literally every detail. No skips, no cap. πŸ’…


🌸 NAME 🌸

dpsw_if_get_port_mac_addr β€” Retrieve MAC address associated to the physical port. That’s the whole assignment, and it ate. πŸŽ€


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here’s the function signature, exactly as it pulls up:

int dpsw_if_get_port_mac_addr (struct fsl_mc_io *mc_io , u32 cmd_flags ,
       u16 token , u16 if_id , u8 mac_addr[6] );

🫢 ARGUMENTS 🫢

  • mc_io β€” Pointer to MC portal's I/O object. That’s the portal’s little I/O bestie πŸŒ€
  • cmd_flags β€” Command flags; one or more of 'MC_CMD_FLAG_'. Flags are flagging, periodt 🚩
  • token β€” Token of DPSW object. It’s the DPSW object’s lil identification moment πŸͺͺ
  • if_id β€” Interface Identifier. The interface said β€œthis is me” πŸ”₯
  • mac_addr β€” MAC address of the physical port, if any, otherwise 0. Yes bestie, otherwise zero 😌

🌈 RETURN 🌈

Completion status. '0' on Success; Error code otherwise. So '0' is the happy ending, and an error code is the plot twist 😭


πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

The kernel file is ./drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpsw.c, and the whole squad β€” literally all of them β€” pulls up here:


That’s the whole page, bestie 🫢 β€” from the Kernel API Manual, source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/freesca..., dated October 2026, signed dpsw_if_get_port_mac_addr(9). Mwah πŸ’‹

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