platform_get_ethdev_address(9)

💅 platform_get_ethdev_address 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and honestly? it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "small function, big job" energy. let's get into it bestie 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

platform_get_ethdev_address — sets your netdev's MAC address, pulling it from a device you hand it. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int platform_get_ethdev_address (struct device *dev , struct net_device *netdev );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — pointer to the device. yes, that device. the one you're getting the address from. 🧚
• netdev — pointer to the netdev you're writing the address to. this is the glow-up destination, bestie. 💖

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so platform_get_ethdev_address is literally just a wrapper around eth_platform_get_mac_address — it calls it, and then it writes the address directly to netdev->dev_addr. no middleman, no extra steps, no drama. main character energy for a helper function fr fr. ✨

ngl the word "directly" is doing a lot of work here — the address goes straight into netdev->dev_addr, no detours. 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file for all of this lives at ./net/ethernet/eth.c. and the whole friend group of related functions is here, so go say hi:

• eth_header(9)
• eth_get_headlen(9)
• eth_type_trans(9)
• eth_header_cache(9)
• eth_header_cache_update(9)
• eth_header_parse_protocol(9)
• eth_prepare_mac_addr_change(9)
• eth_commit_mac_addr_change(9)
• eth_mac_addr(9)
• ether_setup(9)
• alloc_etherdev_mqs(9)
• nvmem_get_mac_address(9)
• fwnode_get_mac_address(9)
• device_get_mac_address(9)
• device_get_ethdev_address(9)

like, the whole group chat is there. iykyk 💜

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and that's the page!! this diva comes to you from ./net/ethernet, dated October 2026, filed under platform_get_ethdev_address(9). slay, go forth, and set those MAC addresses responsibly 🌟💖🎀