init_dummy_netdev (9) Linux Manual Page
init_dummy_netdev – init a dummy network device for NAPI
Synopsis
int init_dummy_netdev(struct net_device *dev);Arguments
dev
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- device to init
Description
This takes a network device structure and initialize the minimum amount of fields so it can be used to schedule NAPI polls without registering a full blown interface. This is to be used by drivers that need to tie several hardware interfaces to a single NAPI poll scheduler due to HW limitations.