gelic_net_set_multi(9)

🦋 gelic_net_set_multi — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🦋

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel-space functions, iykyk) and the star of the show is gelic_net_set_multi(9). it's the little function that handles your multicast address list and all the promisc-y flags. lowkey iconic behavior for a network driver 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

gelic_net_set_multi — sets multicast addresses and promisc flags 🎀

like, that's literally its whole job. it sets the multicast addresses, and it sets the promisc flags. no cap. 🌸

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

void gelic_net_set_multi (struct net_device *netdev );

notice the void? yeah, it returns absolutely nothing. it just does the thing and leaves. main character energy honestly 🫶

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• netdev — the interface device structure 🦋 — yep, that's the struct net_device * you're handing over. it's the interface device struct, and it's the only thing this function needs from you. one singular argument, zero drama. periodt.

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what's it actually do? gelic_net_set_multi configures the multicast addresses as needed for the netdev interface. as needed. it's adaptive like that ✨

and that's not all — it also sets up the multicast, allmulti and promisc flags appropriately. all three of them. appropriately. the way it just handles all of that for you?? obsessed. 💜

ngl, "appropriately" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, but that's exactly what the manual says, so we're not gonna invent behavior that isn't documented. we keep it real fr fr 🌈

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

so if you wanna go down the rabbit hole (and you should, bestie, the whole gelic family is a vibe), here's the full squad:

• the kernel file it lives in: ./drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c 🍓
• gelic_descr_get_status(9)
• gelic_card_disable_txdmac(9)
• gelic_card_enable_rxdmac(9)
• gelic_card_disable_rxdmac(9)
• gelic_descr_set_status(9)
• gelic_card_reset_chain(9)
• gelic_card_free_chain(9)
• gelic_card_init_chain(9)
• gelic_descr_prepare_rx(9)
• gelic_card_release_rx_chain(9)
• gelic_card_fill_rx_chain(9)
• gelic_card_alloc_rx_skbs(9)
• gelic_descr_release_tx(9)
• gelic_card_release_tx_chain(9)
• gelic_net_stop(9)
• gelic_card_get_next_tx_descr(9)
• gelic_descr_set_tx_cmdstat(9)
• gelic_descr_prepare_tx(9)
• gelic_card_kick_txdma(9)
• gelic_net_xmit(9)
• gelic_net_pass_skb_up(9)
• gelic_card_decode_one_descr(9)
• gelic_net_poll(9)
• gelic_net_poll_controller(9)
• gelic_net_open(9)
• gelic_net_tx_timeout_task(9)
• gelic_net_tx_timeout(9)
• gelic_ether_setup_netdev_ops(9)
• gelic_net_setup_netdev(9)
• gelic_alloc_card_net(9)

thirty entries, and every single one of them made the list. we do not skip. 💀✨

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! source path is ./drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, future-dated lore, we love to see it 👑🦋 gelic_net_set_multi(9) forever, mwah 💋🎀