gether_get_host_addr(9)

💅 gether_get_host_addr(9) — Kernel API Manual energy ✨

okay so bestie, this is gether_get_host_addr(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s literally the page for getting an ethernet-over-usb link’s host address. it’s giving kernel-API main character energy 🦋.

🎀 NAME 🎀

gether_get_host_addr — get an ethernet-over-usb link host address

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int gether_get_host_addr (struct net_device *net , char *host_addr , int
       len );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• net — device representing this link, periodt.
• host_addr — place to store eth address of the host.
• len — length of the host_addr buffer.

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

This gets the host-side Ethernet address of this ethernet-over-usb link. Returns zero on success, else negative errno. that’s the whole vibe 💅.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.h
• gether_set_gadget(9)
• gether_attach_gadget(9)
• gether_detach_gadget(9)
• gether_set_dev_addr(9)
• gether_get_dev_addr(9)
• gether_set_host_addr(9)
• gether_get_host_addr_cdc(9)
• gether_get_host_addr_u8(9)
• gether_set_qmult(9)
• gether_get_qmult(9)
• gether_get_ifname(9)
• gether_set_ifname(9)

quick vibe check: success returns zero, otherwise it’s a negative errno — no cap 😭.

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/usb/gadget/function, dated October 2026, and yes this is still gether_get_host_addr(9). byeee ✨