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>netdev_set_master -- set up master/slave pair
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>int <TT
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>netdev_set_master </TT
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>(struct net_device * <TT
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>slave</I
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>, struct net_device * <TT
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>master</I
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>slave</I
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> slave device
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> new master device
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> Changes the master device of the slave. Pass <TT
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> to break the
bonding. The caller must hold the RTNL semaphore. On a failure
a negative errno code is returned. On success the reference counts
are adjusted, <TT
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>RTM_NEWLINK</TT
> is sent to the routing socket and the
function returns zero.
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