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NAME
       dev_getbyhwaddr - find a device by its hardware address


SYNOPSIS
       struct net_device * dev_getbyhwaddr  (unsigned short type, char * ha);


ARGUMENTS
       type   media type of device

       ha     hardware address


DESCRIPTION
       Search  for  an interface by MAC address. Returns NULL if the device is
       not found or a pointer to the device. The caller  must  hold  the  rtnl
       semaphore.  The returned device has not had its ref count increased and
       the caller must therefore be careful about locking


BUGS
       If the API was consistent this would be __dev_get_by_hwaddr