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REGISTER_NETDEVICE(9) | Network device support | REGISTER_NETDEVICE(9) |
NAME¶
register_netdevice - register a network deviceSYNOPSIS¶
int register_netdevice(struct net_device * dev);
ARGUMENTS¶
devdevice to register
DESCRIPTION¶
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.Callers must hold the rtnl semaphore. You may want register_netdev instead of this.
BUGS: The locking appears insufficient to guarantee two parallel registers will not get the same name.
COPYRIGHT¶
April 2019 | Kernel Hackers Manual 4.9. |