hinic_port_get_mac(9)

💖 hinic_port_get_mac(9) — Kernel API Manual energy 💖

okay so bestie, we're diving into the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is hinic_port_get_mac(9) — literally the glow-up you need when you want to know what MAC address your nic device is serving 👑

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🎀 NAME 🎀

hinic_port_get_mac — get the mac address of the nic device ✨

no cap, that's the whole vibe: you ask, it gives you the MAC 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int hinic_port_get_mac (struct hinic_dev *nic_dev , u8 *addr );

that's it, that's the signature, copy it exactly bestie 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• nic_dev — the nic device, your main character here 💜
• addr — the returned mac address, i.e. where the answer lands 🍓

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Returns 0 on success — slay — and a negative value on failure 😭. That's the entire contract, and honestly? iconic for how simple it is.

lowkey important: "negative — Failure" is not a drill, check that return value fr fr 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_port.c — that's your source of truth, go read it iykyk 📖

and here's the whole friend group, all of them (9) pages, no one left out 🫶:

• change_mac(9)
• hinic_port_add_mac(9)
• hinic_port_del_mac(9)
• hinic_port_set_mtu(9)
• hinic_port_add_vlan(9)
• hinic_port_del_vlan(9)
• hinic_port_set_rx_mode(9)
• hinic_port_link_state(9)
• hinic_port_set_state(9)
• hinic_port_set_func_state(9)
• hinic_port_get_cap(9)
• hinic_port_set_tso(9)

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and that's the page!! 🧚 sign-off time: this gem is sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... and dated October 2026 — so go forth, get those MACs, and remember: check the return value or it's giving undefined behaviour 💅🔥💖