register_netdevice — register a network device
int register_netdevice ( | struct net_device * dev); |
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.