INIT_DUMMY_NETDEV(9) Network device support INIT_DUMMY_NETDEV(9) NAME init_dummy_netdev - init a dummy network device for NAPI SYNOPSIS int init_dummy_netdev(struct net_device * dev); ARGUMENTS dev device to init DESCRIPTION This takes a network device structure and initialize the minimum amount of fields so it can be used to schedule NAPI polls without registering a full blown interface. This is to be used by drivers that need to tie several hardware interfaces to a single NAPI poll scheduler due to HW limitations. COPYRIGHT Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. November 2013 INIT_DUMMY_NETDEV(9)[top]
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