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NAME
       register_netdev - register a network device


SYNOPSIS
       int register_netdev  (struct net_device * dev);


ARGUMENTS
       dev    device to register


DESCRIPTION
       Take  a  completed  network  device  structure and add it to the kernel
       interfaces. A NETDEV_REGISTER message is sent to  the  netdev  notifier
       chain. 0 is returned on success. A negative errno code is returned on a
       failure to set up the device, or if the name is a duplicate.

       This is a wrapper around register_netdev that takes the rtnl  semaphore
       and  expands  the  device  name  if  you  passed  a  format  string  to
       alloc_netdev.