pdc_lan_station_id(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 pdc_lan_station_id — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie ✨

okay so welcome to pdc_lan_station_id(9), a page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's a short one but it ATE 🎀 let's get into it

✨ NAME ✨

pdc_lan_station_id — get the LAN address 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int pdc_lan_station_id (char *lan_addr , unsigned long hpa );

like, that's it. that's the whole vibe check. two args, one int coming back at you 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • lan_addr — the return buffer 💫 like, this is where the answer goes, you're not getting it as a return value bestie, you're getting it written into here
  • hpa — the network device HPA 🖥️ that's the handle for the device you're asking about

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so the whole point: you call this to get the LAN station address when it is not directly available from the LAN hardware 😭 like the hardware's being mysterious and won't just tell you, so you go through this instead and it sorts you out. lowkey iconic of it ngl 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay bestie strap in, the friend group is BIG 🌈

Kernel file ./arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c, plus all of these:

no cap, that's a whole group chat and you're gonna want to @ them all 💀🫶

okay and before you go — this lil page lives in ./arch/parisc/kernel, it's dated October 2026, and it's part of the Kernel API Manual 💜 slay, go get that LAN address, periodt 🍓⭐

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