unregister_netdev (9) Linux Manual Page
unregister_netdev – remove device from the kernel
Synopsis
void unregister_netdev(struct net_device *dev);Arguments
dev
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- device
Description
This function shuts down a device interface and removes it from the kernel tables.
This is just a wrapper for unregister_netdevice that takes the rtnl semaphore. In general you want to use this and not unregister_netdevice.