ALLOC_TRDEV

Section: (9)
Updated: 07 August 2003
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NAME

alloc_trdev - Register token ring device  

SYNOPSIS

struct net_device * alloc_trdev (int sizeof_priv);  

ARGUMENTS

sizeof_priv
Size of additional driver-private structure to be allocated for this token ring device
 

DESCRIPTION

Fill in the fields of the device structure with token ring-generic values.

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.  

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