alloc_etherdev_mqs (9) Linux Manual Page
alloc_etherdev_mqs – Allocates and sets up an Ethernet device
Synopsis
struct net_device *alloc_etherdev_mqs(int sizeof_priv, unsigned int txqs, unsigned int rxqs);Arguments
sizeof_priv
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- Size of additional driver-private structure to be allocated for this Ethernet device
txqs
- The number of TX queues this device has.
rxqs
- The number of RX queues this device has.
Description
Fill in the fields of the device structure with Ethernet-generic values. Basically does everything except registering the device.
Constructs a new net device, complete with a private data area of size (sizeof_priv). A 32-byte (not bit) alignment is enforced for this private data area.