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 4.8.                 January 2017                        REGISTER_NETDEV(9)