Driver Support

Driver Support
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dev_add_pack — add packet handler
__dev_remove_pack — remove packet handler
dev_remove_pack — remove packet handler
netdev_boot_setup_check — check boot time settings
__dev_get_by_name — find a device by its name
dev_get_by_name — find a device by its name
__dev_get_by_index — find a device by its ifindex
dev_get_by_index — find a device by its ifindex
dev_getbyhwaddr — find a device by its hardware address
dev_get_by_flags — find any device with given flags
dev_valid_name — check if name is okay for network device
dev_alloc_name — allocate a name for a device
netdev_features_change — device changes features
netdev_state_change — device changes state
dev_load — load a network module
dev_open — prepare an interface for use.
dev_close — shutdown an interface.
register_netdevice_notifier — register a network notifier block
unregister_netdevice_notifier — unregister a network notifier block
skb_gso_segment — Perform segmentation on skb.
dev_queue_xmit — transmit a buffer
netif_rx — post buffer to the network code
register_gifconf — register a SIOCGIF handler
netdev_set_master — set up master/slave pair
dev_set_promiscuity — update promiscuity count on a device
dev_set_allmulti — update allmulti count on a device
register_netdevice — register a network device
register_netdev — register a network device
alloc_netdev — allocate network device
free_netdev — free network device
unregister_netdevice — remove device from the kernel
unregister_netdev — remove device from the kernel
eth_type_trans — determine the packet's protocol ID.
ether_setup — setup Ethernet network device
alloc_etherdev — Allocates and sets up an Ethernet device
is_zero_ether_addr — Determine if give Ethernet address is all zeros.
is_multicast_ether_addr — Determine if the Ethernet address is a multicast.
is_broadcast_ether_addr — Determine if the Ethernet address is broadcast
is_valid_ether_addr — Determine if the given Ethernet address is valid
random_ether_addr — Generate software assigned random Ethernet address
compare_ether_addr — Compare two Ethernet addresses