REGISTER_NETDEVICE(9)                 Network device support                REGISTER_NETDEVICE(9)



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.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                     REGISTER_NETDEVICE(9)