.TH "init_fcdev" 9 "init_fcdev" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX
.SH NAME
init_fcdev \-  Register fibre channel device
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "struct net_device *" init_fcdev
.BI "(struct net_device *" dev ","
.BI "int " sizeof_priv ");"
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP "dev" 12
 A fibre channel device structure to be filled in, or NULL if a new
struct should be allocated.
.IP "sizeof_priv" 12
 Size of additional driver-private structure to be allocated
for this ethernet device
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Fill in the fields of the device structure with fibre channel-generic values.

If no device structure is passed, a new one is constructed, complete with
a private data area of size \fIsizeof_priv\fP.  A 32-byte (not bit)
alignment is enforced for this private data area.

If an empty string area is passed as dev->name, or a new structure is made,
a new name string is constructed.