igb_set_mac(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to igb_set_mac(9) from the Kernel API Manual — it’s giving tiny-but-iconic and we’re gonna get into it. No cap, the whole page is short, so let’s slay every detail. 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

igb_set_mac — literally changes the Ethernet Address of the NIC 🌈. That’s the name, that’s the job, periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Okay the signature is exactly this, character for character, don’t @ me:

int igb_set_mac (struct net_device *netdev , void *p );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

Two besties walk into the function:

• netdev — network interface device structure.
• p — pointer to an address structure.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The return-value tea is the whole description: returns 0 on success, negative on failure. That’s it, bestie — no extra lore, and honestly the way it keeps it simple? obsessed. 🍓

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

This is the full friend group, in order, no cap — every single one is invited to the group chat:

• Kernel file — ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
• igb_get_i2c_data(9)
• igb_set_i2c_data(9)
• igb_set_i2c_clk(9)
• igb_get_i2c_clk(9)
• igb_get_hw_dev(9)
• igb_init_module(9)
• igb_exit_module(9)
• igb_cache_ring_register(9)
• igb_write_ivar(9)
• igb_configure_msix(9)
• igb_request_msix(9)
• igb_free_q_vector(9)
• igb_reset_q_vector(9)
• igb_free_q_vectors(9)
• igb_clear_interrupt_scheme(9)
• igb_set_interrupt_capability(9)
• igb_alloc_q_vector(9)
• igb_alloc_q_vectors(9)
• igb_init_interrupt_scheme(9)
• igb_request_irq(9)
• igb_irq_disable(9)
• igb_irq_enable(9)
• igb_release_hw_control(9)
• igb_get_hw_control(9)
• igb_config_tx_modes(9)
• igb_setup_tx_mode(9)
• igb_configure(9)
• igb_power_up_link(9)
• igb_power_down_link(9)
• igb_check_swap_media(9)
• igb_up(9)
• igb_set_i2c_bb(9)
• igb_set_fw_version(9)
• igb_init_mas(9)
• igb_init_i2c(9)
• igb_probe(9)
• igb_remove_i2c(9)
• igb_remove(9)
• igb_probe_vfs(9)
• igb_sw_init(9)
• __igb_open(9)
• __igb_close(9)
• igb_setup_tx_resources(9)
• igb_setup_all_tx_resources(9)
• igb_setup_tctl(9)
• igb_configure_tx_ring(9)
• igb_configure_tx(9)
• igb_setup_rx_resources(9)
• igb_setup_all_rx_resources(9)
• igb_setup_mrqc(9)
• igb_setup_rctl(9)
• igb_setup_srrctl(9)
• igb_configure_rx_ring(9)
• igb_configure_rx(9)
• igb_free_tx_resources(9)
• igb_free_all_tx_resources(9)
• igb_clean_tx_ring(9)
• igb_clean_all_tx_rings(9)
• igb_free_rx_resources(9)
• igb_free_all_rx_resources(9)
• igb_clean_rx_ring(9)
• igb_clean_all_rx_rings(9)
• igb_write_mc_addr_list(9)
• igb_set_rx_mode(9)
• igb_has_link(9)
• igb_check_lvmmc(9)
• igb_watchdog(9)
• igb_update_ring_itr(9)
• igb_update_itr(9)
• igb_tx_timeout(9)
• igb_get_stats64(9)
• igb_change_mtu(9)
• igb_update_stats(9)
• igb_set_uta(9)
• igb_intr_msi(9)
• igb_intr(9)
• igb_poll(9)
• igb_clean_tx_irq(9)
• igb_reuse_rx_page(9)
• igb_add_rx_frag(9)
• igb_is_non_eop(9)
• igb_cleanup_headers(9)
• igb_process_skb_fields(9)
• igb_alloc_rx_buffers(9)
• igb_mii_ioctl(9)
• igb_ioctl(9)
• igb_io_error_detected(9)
• igb_io_slot_reset(9)
• igb_io_resume(9)
• igb_rar_set_index(9)
• igb_read_i2c_byte(9)
• igb_write_i2c_byte(9)

okay bye bestie 🫶 — source/version is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb, date is October 2026, and the page is igb_set_mac(9). Mwah 💋✨