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CLASS="CHAPTER" ><H1 ><A NAME="NETDEV" ></A >Network device support</H1 ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="AEN6229" ></A >Driver Support</H1 ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6231.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >init_etherdev</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- Register ethernet device </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6268.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >alloc_etherdev</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- Allocates and sets up an ethernet device </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6296.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >init_fddidev</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- Register FDDI device </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6333.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >alloc_fddidev</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- Register FDDI device </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6361.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >init_hippi_dev</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- Register HIPPI device </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6398.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >alloc_hippi_dev</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- Register HIPPI device </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6426.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >init_trdev</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- Register token ring device </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6463.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >alloc_trdev</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- Register token ring device </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6491.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >init_fcdev</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- Register fibre channel device </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6528.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >alloc_fcdev</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- Register fibre channel device </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6556.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_add_pack</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- add packet handler </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6582.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_remove_pack</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- remove packet handler </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6609.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >__dev_get_by_name</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- find a device by its name </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6637.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_get_by_name</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- find a device by its name </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6665.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_get</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- test if a device exists </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6692.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >__dev_get_by_index</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- find a device by its ifindex </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6720.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_get_by_index</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- find a device by its ifindex </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6746.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_alloc_name</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- allocate a name for a device </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6781.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_alloc</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- allocate a network device and name </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6821.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >netdev_state_change</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- device changes state </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6847.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_load</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- load a network module </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6873.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_open</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- prepare an interface for use. </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6901.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_close</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- shutdown an interface. </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6929.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >register_netdevice_notifier</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- register a network notifier block </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6955.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >unregister_netdevice_notifier</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- unregister a network notifier block </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r6982.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_queue_xmit</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- transmit a buffer </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r7009.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >netif_rx</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- post buffer to the network code </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r7038.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >net_call_rx_atomic</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r7065.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >register_gifconf</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- register a SIOCGIF handler </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r7098.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >netdev_set_master</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- set up master/slave pair </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r7133.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_set_promiscuity</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- update promiscuity count on a device </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r7166.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_set_allmulti</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- update allmulti count on a device </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r7200.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_ioctl</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- network device ioctl </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r7233.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >dev_new_index</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- allocate an ifindex </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r7260.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >netdev_finish_unregister</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- complete unregistration </DT ><DT ><A HREF="r7286.html" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >unregister_netdevice</SPAN ></SPAN ></A > -- remove device from the kernel </DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="r6193.html" ACCESSKEY="P" ><<< Previous</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="book1.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="r6231.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next >>></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><SPAN CLASS="phrase" ><SPAN CLASS="PHRASE" >sk_chk_filter</SPAN ></SPAN ></TD ><TD 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