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REGISTER_NETDEV(9) | Network device support | REGISTER_NETDEV(9) |
NAME¶
register_netdev - register a network device
SYNOPSIS¶
int register_netdev(struct net_device * dev);
ARGUMENTS¶
dev
device to register
DESCRIPTION¶
Take a completed network device structure and add it to the kernel interfaces. A NETDEV_REGISTER message is sent to the netdev notifier chain. 0 is returned on success. A negative errno code is returned on a failure to set up the device, or if the name is a duplicate.
This is a wrapper around register_netdevice that takes the rtnl semaphore and expands the device name if you passed a format string to alloc_netdev.
COPYRIGHT¶
January 2017 | Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8. |