INIT_ETHERDEV

Section: (9)
Updated: 14 August 2003
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NAME

init_etherdev - Register ethernet device

SYNOPSIS

struct net_device * init_etherdev (struct net_device * dev, int sizeof_priv);

ARGUMENTS

dev: An ethernet device structure to be filled in, or NULL if a new struct should be allocated.
sizeof_priv: 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.

If no device structure is passed, a new one is constructed, complete with a private data area of size sizeof_priv. A 32-byte (not bit) alignment is enforced for this private data area.

If an empty string area is passed as dev->name, or a new structure is made, a new name string is constructed.

ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.6.0.

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Time: 23:19:22 GMT, August 13, 2003