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.TH "REGISTER_NETDEVICE" "9" "06 August 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 was generated with kernel version 2.6.0.