REGISTER_NETDEV(9) Network device support REGISTER_NETDEV(9)
NAME
register_netdev - register a network device
SYNOPSIS
int register_netdev(struct net_device * dev);
ARGUMENTS
dev
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.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 REGISTER_NETDEV(9)
