ALLOC_ETHERDEV
Section: (9)
Updated: 06 August 2003
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NAME
alloc_etherdev - Allocates and sets up an ethernet device
SYNOPSIS
struct net_device * alloc_etherdev (int sizeof_priv);
ARGUMENTS
- sizeof_priv
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Size of additional driver-private structure to be allocated
for this ethernet device
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 sizeof_priv. A 32-byte (not bit) alignment is enforced for
this private data area.
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.6.0.
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