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.