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.TH "UNREGISTER_NETDEVICE" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
unregister_netdevice \- remove device from the kernel
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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\fB
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int unregister_netdevice  (struct net_device * \fIdev\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdev\fB\fR
device
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function shuts down a device interface and removes it
from the kernel tables. On success 0 is returned, on a failure
a negative errno code is returned.
.PP
Callers must hold the rtnl semaphore.  You may want
\fBunregister_netdev\fR instead of this.