ixgbevf_get_mac_addr_vf(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbevf_get_mac_addr_vf — read device MAC address

ok so bestie, welcome to the ixgbevf_get_mac_addr_vf(9) page 🎀 this is a kernel API manual moment, and honestly? iconic. the whole vibe of this function is one job, done slay: it reads the MAC address of your device. that's it. that's the post. no cap ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

s32 ixgbevf_get_mac_addr_vf (struct ixgbe_hw *hw , u8 *mac_addr );

so you hand it a struct ixgbe_hw * and a u8 *, and it gives you back an s32. literally the whole signature. she's simple, she's clean, she ate 🔥

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • hw — pointer to the HW structure ✨ like, the hardware stuff, the whole context, that's her
  • mac_addr — pointer to storage for the retrieved MAC address 💖 this is where the MAC address lands when it comes back, so yeah, it needs somewhere to live
bestie please make sure mac_addr actually points at storage, okay? the manpage says it's storage for the retrieved MAC address, and we are not out here guessing beyond that 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

ok so this is the part where the page is basically showing you the whole friend group 💜 the kernel file in question is:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c

and then, the extended squad, in exactly this order because we do not reorder the group chat 🔥:

like, look at that list. main character energy from every single one of them 💅

and that's the whole page, bestie — 10/10, no notes 🌈

this lil baddie comes from the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (that's the footer being cute and truncated on us 😭) and it's dated October 2026. slay, periodt, go read your MAC addresses responsibly 💖✨🦋

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