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.TH "DEV_GETBYHWADDR" "9" "17 July 2003" "" ""

.SH NAME
dev_getbyhwaddr \- find a device by its hardware address
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fB
.sp
struct net_device * dev_getbyhwaddr  (unsigned short \fItype\fB, char * \fIha\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fItype\fB\fR
media type of device
.TP
\fB\fIha\fB\fR
hardware address
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Search for an interface by MAC address. Returns NULL if the device
is not found or a pointer to the device. The caller must hold the
rtnl semaphore. The returned device has not had its ref count increased
and the caller must therefore be careful about locking
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
If the API was consistent this would be __dev_get_by_hwaddr
.SH "ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT"
.PP
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
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License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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version.
.PP
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useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
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Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
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.PP
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.PP
If you have comments on the formatting of this manpage, then please contact
Michael Still (mikal@stillhq.com).
.PP
This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.5.72.