xemaclite_set_mac_address(9)

💅 NAME 💅

ok so bestie, this is xemaclite_set_mac_address — it literally sets the MAC address for this device. that's the whole vibe. ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int xemaclite_set_mac_address (struct net_device *dev , void *address );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — a pointer to the network device instance, aka the device we're doing all this for 🫶
• address — a void pointer to the sockaddr structure, where the address cooooomes from

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's what happens, no cap: this function copies the HW address from the sockaddr structure over to the net_device structure, and then it updates the address in HW too. so like, both places. both. slay. 💅✨

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

it returns an error if the net device is busy 😭, or 0 if the addr is set successfully 🎉 — that's it, that's the whole deal.

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
• struct net_local(9)
• xemaclite_enable_interrupts(9)
• xemaclite_disable_interrupts(9)
• xemaclite_aligned_write(9)
• xemaclite_aligned_read(9)
• xemaclite_send_data(9)
• xemaclite_recv_data(9)
• xemaclite_update_address(9)
• xemaclite_tx_timeout(9)
• xemaclite_tx_handler(9)
• xemaclite_rx_handler(9)
• xemaclite_interrupt(9)
• xemaclite_mdio_wait(9)
• xemaclite_mdio_read(9)
• xemaclite_mdio_write(9)
• xemaclite_mdio_setup(9)
• xemaclite_adjust_link(9)
• xemaclite_open(9)
• xemaclite_close(9)
• xemaclite_send(9)
• get_bool(9)
• xemaclite_ethtools_get_drvinfo(9)
• xemaclite_of_probe(9)
• xemaclite_of_remove(9)

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and that's a wrap, bestie 🧚💜 this page lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx, it's dated October 2026, and it's brought to you by xemaclite_set_mac_address(9) — iconic behavior, fr fr. go read some kernel source, ily, bye 💖