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.TH "S2IO_OPEN" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
s2io_open \- open entry point of the driver
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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int s2io_open  (struct net_device * \fIdev\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdev\fB\fR
pointer to the device structure.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function is the open entry point of the driver. It mainly calls a
function to allocate Rx buffers and inserts them into the buffer
descriptors and then enables the Rx part of the NIC. 
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
0 on success and an appropriate (-)ve integer as defined in errno.h
file on failure.