REGISTER_NETDEVICE_N

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

register_netdevice_notifier - register a network notifier block  

SYNOPSIS

int register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block * nb);
 

ARGUMENTS

nb

notifier
 

DESCRIPTION

Register a notifier to be called when network device events occur. The notifier passed is linked into the kernel structures and must not be reused until it has been unregistered. A negative errno code is returned on a failure.

When registered all registration and up events are replayed to the new notifier to allow device to have a race free view of the network device list.  

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