STRUCT ETHTOOL_PERM_ADDR(9)

✨ NAME ✨

struct ethtool_perm_addr — permanent hardware address. yes bestie, that’s literally the name, and this is the Kernel API Manual entry for it 💅✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

okay so here’s the shape of it, no cap:

struct ethtool_perm_addr {
    __u32 cmd;
    __u32 size;
    __u8 data[];
};

🎀 Members 🎀

• cmd — Command number = ETHTOOL_GPERMADDR
• size — On entry, the size of the buffer. On return, the size of the address. The command fails if the buffer is too small.
• data — Buffer for the address

🦋 Description 🦋

Users must allocate the buffer immediately following this structure. like, right after it — that part is mandatory, bestie 🫶

A buffer size of MAX_ADDR_LEN should be sufficient for any address type. cute, simple, sufficient — we love that for you 🌸

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read these too, bestie — the whole ethtool extended universe is right here:

• Kernel file ./include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
• struct ethtool_cmd(9)
• struct ethtool_drvinfo(9)
• struct ethtool_wolinfo(9)
• struct ethtool_regs(9)
• struct ethtool_eeprom(9)
• struct ethtool_eee(9)
• struct ethtool_modinfo(9)
• struct ethtool_coalesce(9)
• struct ethtool_ringparam(9)
• struct ethtool_channels(9)
• struct ethtool_pauseparam(9)
• enum ethtool_stringset(9)
• enum ethtool_mac_stats_src(9)
• enum ethtool_module_power_mode_policy(9)
• enum ethtool_module_power_mode(9)
• enum ethtool_c33_pse_ext_state(9)
• enum ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_mr_mps_valid(9)
• enum ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_error_condition(9)
• enum ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_mr_pse_enable(9)
• enum ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_option_detect_ted(9)
• enum ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_option_vport_lim(9)
• enum ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_ovld_detected(9)
• enum ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_power_not_available(9)
• enum ethtool_c33_pse_ext_substate_short_detected(9)
• enum ethtool_pse_types(9)
• enum ethtool_c33_pse_admin_state(9)
• enum ethtool_c33_pse_pw_d_status(9)
• enum ethtool_podl_pse_admin_state(9)
• enum ethtool_podl_pse_pw_d_status(9)
• enum ethtool_mm_verify_status(9)
• enum ethtool_module_fw_flash_status(9)
• struct ethtool_gstrings(9)
• struct ethtool_sset_info(9)
• enum ethtool_test_flags(9)
• struct ethtool_test(9)
• struct ethtool_stats(9)
• struct ethtool_tcpip4_spec(9)
• struct ethtool_ah_espip4_spec(9)
• struct ethtool_usrip4_spec(9)
• struct ethtool_tcpip6_spec(9)
• struct ethtool_ah_espip6_spec(9)
• struct ethtool_usrip6_spec(9)
• struct ethtool_flow_ext(9)
• struct ethtool_rx_flow_spec(9)
• struct ethtool_rxnfc(9)
• struct ethtool_rxfh_indir(9)
• struct ethtool_rxfh(9)
• struct ethtool_rx_ntuple_flow_spec(9)
• struct ethtool_rx_ntuple(9)
• struct ethtool_dump(9)
• struct ethtool_get_features_block(9)
• struct ethtool_gfeatures(9)
• struct ethtool_set_features_block(9)
• struct ethtool_sfeatures(9)
• struct ethtool_ts_info(9)
• struct ethtool_per_queue_op(9)
• struct ethtool_fecparam(9)
• enum ethtool_fec_config_bits(9)
• struct ethtool_link_settings(9)
• enum phy_upstream(9)

signed off from ./include/uapi/linux, dated October 2026 — struct ethtool_perm_addr(9) out, bestie 💅✨