init_hippi_dev(9)
NAME
init_hippi_dev - Register HIPPI device
SYNOPSIS
struct net_device * init_hippi_dev (struct net_device *dev, int sizeof_priv);
ARGUMENTS
- dev A HIPPI device structure to be filled in, or
- NULL if a new struct should be allocated.
- 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 HIPPIgeneric values.
If no device structure is passed, a new one is con
structed, complete with a private data area of size
sizeof_priv. A 32-byte (not bit) alignment is enforced
for this private data area.
- If an empty string area is passed as dev->name, or a
new structure is made, a new name string is constructed.