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pfilt_newaddress(9r)
NAME
  pfilt_newaddress - Network: Copies a new hardware address to the packet
  filter

SYNOPSIS
  int pfilt_newaddress(
	  int unit,
	  u_char *hwaddr );

ARGUMENTS
  unit
      Specifies the unit number for the packet filter. This number is stored
      in the ess_enetunit member of the ether_driver structure. The number is
      assigned when the driver calls the attachpfilter routine as part of the
      attach process.

  hwaddr
      Specifies a pointer to the 6-byte physical (MAC) address.

DESCRIPTION
  The pfilt_newaddress interface notifies the packet filter of the physical
  (MAC) address for the network interface. This is the address that the
  packet filter recognizes as the local address for the interface.  Whenever
  a user issues a SIOCSPHYSADDR ioctl command to change the hardware physical
  address, the driver must call this routine to notify the packet filter of
  the change.

  If the unit does not exist, the pfilt_newaddress interface causes the
  system to panic.

RETURN VALUES
  None

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