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.TH "REGISTER_NETDEVICE" "9" "17 July 2003" "" ""

.SH NAME
register_netdevice \- register a network device
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fB
.sp
int register_netdevice  (struct net_device * \fIdev\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdev\fB\fR
device to register
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
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.
.PP
Callers must hold the rtnl semaphore.  See the comment at the
end of Space.c for details about the locking.  You may want
\fBregister_netdev\fR instead of this.
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
The locking appears insufficient to guarantee two parallel registers
will not get the same name.
.SH "ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT"
.PP
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
.PP
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
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
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
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.PP
For more details see the file COPYING in the source
distribution of Linux.
.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.