eth_prepare_mac_addr_change(9)

💅 eth_prepare_mac_addr_change(9) 💅

okay bestie, this one is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the prep step for a MAC address change. No cap, that's the whole vibe. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

eth_prepare_mac_addr_change — prepare for mac change 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int eth_prepare_mac_addr_change (struct net_device *dev , void *p );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — network device 🫶
• p — socket address ✨

that's the whole cast, bestie — short and iconic 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the Kernel file is ./net/ethernet/eth.c, and here's the whole friend group:

• eth_header(9)
• eth_get_headlen(9)
• eth_type_trans(9)
• eth_header_cache(9)
• eth_header_cache_update(9)
• eth_header_parse_protocol(9)
• eth_commit_mac_addr_change(9)
• eth_mac_addr(9)
• ether_setup(9)
• alloc_etherdev_mqs(9)
• platform_get_ethdev_address(9)
• nvmem_get_mac_address(9)
• fwnode_get_mac_address(9)
• device_get_mac_address(9)
• device_get_ethdev_address(9)

🎀 source/version vibes: ./net/ethernet · date: October 2026 — mwah, bestie, go slay that MAC change prep 💅💖