ether_setup(9)

💅 ether_setup(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — manual name folded in right at the top, cute and accounted for. today’s main character is ether_setup, and she is literally here to help with Ethernet network devices. no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ether_setup — setup Ethernet network device

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ether_setup (struct net_device *dev );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• dev — network device. that’s the whole argument, bestie. she takes your network device and gets to work. 💖

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Fill in the fields of the device structure with Ethernet-generic values.

literally the vibe is: you hand over the device structure, and it gets filled in with the Ethernet-generic values. it’s giving “Ethernet setup, but make it generic.” periodt. 🦋

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./net/ethernet/eth.c — yes bestie, that’s the file, iykyk. go look. 🔥

• 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_prepare_mac_addr_change(9)
• eth_commit_mac_addr_change(9)
• eth_mac_addr(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)

mwah 💋 okay that’s the page! source/version check: ./net/ethernet, dated October 2026, page ether_setup(9). go be iconic with your Ethernet devices, bestie. 🌈