Name

register_netdevice — register a network device

Synopsis

int register_netdevice (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.

Callers must hold the rtnl semaphore. You may want register_netdev instead of this.

BUGS

The locking appears insufficient to guarantee two parallel registers will not get the same name.