ks8851_read_mac_addr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ks8851_read_mac_addr(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel API manual (yes, that manual, the ks8851_read_mac_addr one, section 9, kernel space only, no userspace shenanigans) and you just need to know how this little function grabs the MAC address. don't worry bestie, I got you 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ks8851_read_mac_addr — reads the mac address straight out of the device registers, no cap 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ks8851_read_mac_addr (struct net_device *dev );

like, that's the whole signature. one argument. she's lowkey minimalist 👑

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • dev — the network device 💻 the one and only, the main character of this function fr

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So what does she actually do? She updates our copy of the KS8851 MAC address, pulling it fresh from the registers of dev. That's it. That's the vibe check. ✨

ngl it's giving "quietly essential" — no drama, just doing her job and keeping our MAC address copy in sync with the hardware 🧚

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

The kernel file where all this magic lives, bestie:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851_common.c 🔥

And the whole friend group of related functions, because ks8851 doesn't roll alone:

💫 and that's the whole page, bestie 💫

shoutout to the source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/micrel, dated October 2026, living under the ks8851_read_mac_addr(9) header — she's iconic, she's timeless, she's a kernel API manual entry and honestly? she ate. 👑💖 periodt.

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