Name
alloc_etherdev —
Allocates and sets up an Ethernet device
Synopsis
struct net_device * alloc_etherdev ( | int sizeof_priv) ; |
Arguments
sizeof_priv
Size of additional driver-private structure to be allocated
for this Ethernet device
Description
Fill in the fields of the device structure with Ethernet-generic
values. Basically does everything except registering the device.
Constructs a new net device, complete with a private data area of
size (sizeof_priv). A 32-byte (not bit) alignment is enforced for
this private data area.