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.\"      Date: July 2017
.\"    Manual: Network device support
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11.6
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.TH "UNREGISTER_NETDEV" "9" "July 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "Network device support"
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.SH "NAME"
unregister_netdev \- remove device from the kernel
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ unregister_netdev('u
.BI "void unregister_netdev(struct\ net_device\ *\ " "dev" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct net_device * dev\fR
.RS 4
device
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function shuts down a device interface and removes it from the kernel tables\&.
.PP
This is just a wrapper for unregister_netdevice that takes the rtnl semaphore\&. In general you want to use this and not unregister_netdevice\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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