register_netdev9
Register a network device
Usage
int register_netdev(struct net_device * dev);
Arguments
dev
device to register
Overview
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.
Releases
6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.