DEV_GETBYHWADDR

Section: Network device support (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

dev_getbyhwaddr - find a device by its hardware address

SYNOPSIS

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

ARGUMENTS

net

: the applicable net namespace

type

: media type of device

: 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

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