hinic_port_add_mac(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ hinic_port_add_mac(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for hinic_port_add_mac — yes that's the whole title, and yes it's a whole vibe 🦋. This is the little kernel function that adds a mac address to a nic device. That's it, that's the girl. Let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

hinic_port_add_mac — add mac address ✨ (literally what it says, no plot twist)

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int hinic_port_add_mac (struct hinic_dev *nic_dev , const u8 *addr , u16
vlan_id );

so she takes a struct hinic_dev * pointer, a const u8 * address, and a u16 vlan id, and hands you back an int. iconic signature, no notes 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • nic_dev — the nic device 💖 like, the actual network interface card you're doing this to
  • addr — the mac address, bestie 📮 (it's a const u8 *, so hands off the contents)
  • vlan_id — the vlan number you want to set together with the mac 🏷️ yes, they go together, they're a package deal

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

okay so the return value story, because this is the whole description and we're not skipping it:

  • returns 0 — Success 🎉 slay, it worked
  • returns a negative value — Failure 😭 so like, check that return value fr fr, don't just ignore it
ngl there's no more detail in the original here, so I'm not gonna make any up — that's the entire description, and we respect the source 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file herself lives at:

./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c

and here's the whole friend group, all the related pages, no one left out 💜:

and that's the page, bestie 🧚 sources say ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... and the date stamp is October 2026, landing under the footer hinic_port_add_mac(9) — go add those mac addresses, ily, bye 💖🌈

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