.TH "alloc_etherdev" 9 "alloc_etherdev" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX
.SH NAME
alloc_etherdev \-  Allocates and sets up an ethernet device
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "struct net_device *" alloc_etherdev
.BI "(int " sizeof_priv ");"
.SH ARGUMENTS
.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 ethernet-generic
values. Basically does everything except registering the device.

Constructs a new net device, complete with a private data area of
size \fIsizeof_priv\fP.  A 32-byte (not bit) alignment is enforced for
this private data area.