gether_get_host_addr_cdc(9)

🦋 gether_get_host_addr_cdc(9) 🦋

okay so bestie, this page is from the Kernel API Manual and it's all about one lil function: gether_get_host_addr_cdc. it grabs the CDC-formatted host-side Ethernet address for an ethernet-over-usb link, and honestly? niche but iconic 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

gether_get_host_addr_cdc - get an ethernet-over-usb link host address

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

that's the whole signature, periodt 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

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

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so this gets the CDC formatted host-side Ethernet address of this ethernet-over-usb link. that's the whole vibe. it returns zero on success, else negative errno — so that's the return situation, bestie, fr fr 😭

🔥 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(9)
• gether_get_host_addr_u8(9)
• gether_set_qmult(9)
• gether_get_qmult(9)
• gether_get_ifname(9)
• gether_set_ifname(9)

mwah 💋 this page lives in ./drivers/usb/gadget/function, stamped October 2026, and it's gether_get_host_addr_cdc(9) signing off — slay and goodbye bestie 🫶🌈