register_netdev (9) - Linux Manuals
register_netdev: register a network device
NAME
register_netdev - register a network device
SYNOPSIS
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int register_netdev(struct net_device
* dev);
ARGUMENTS
dev
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- device 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.
This is a wrapper around register_netdevice that takes the rtnl semaphore and expands the device name if you passed a format string to alloc_netdev.
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