UNREGISTER_NETDEV
Section: Network device support (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
unregister_netdev - remove device from the kernel
SYNOPSIS
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void unregister_netdev(struct net_device * dev);
ARGUMENTS
dev
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- device
DESCRIPTION
This function shuts down a device interface and removes it from the kernel tables.
This is just a wrapper for unregister_netdevice that takes the rtnl semaphore. In general you want to use this and not unregister_netdevice.
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