1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>alloc_netdev_mqs</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Networking and Network Devices APIs"><link rel="up" href="netdev.html#idp1097739572" title="Driver Support"><link rel="prev" href="API-dev-get-stats.html" title="dev_get_stats"><link rel="next" href="API-free-netdev.html" title="free_netdev"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">alloc_netdev_mqs</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-dev-get-stats.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">Driver Support</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-free-netdev.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-alloc-netdev-mqs"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>alloc_netdev_mqs &#8212; 
2     allocate network device
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">struct net_device * <b class="fsfunc">alloc_netdev_mqs </b>(</code></td><td>int <var class="pdparam">sizeof_priv</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>const char * <var class="pdparam">name</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>unsigned char <var class="pdparam">name_assign_type</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>void (*<var class="pdparam">setup</var>)
4     <code>(</code>struct net_device *<code>)</code>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>unsigned int <var class="pdparam">txqs</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>unsigned int <var class="pdparam">rxqs</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1098348476"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>sizeof_priv</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
5     size of private data to allocate space for
6    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
7     device name format string
8    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>name_assign_type</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
9     origin of device name
10    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>setup</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
11     callback to initialize device
12    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>txqs</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
13     the number of TX subqueues to allocate
14    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>rxqs</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
15     the number of RX subqueues to allocate
16    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1098355292"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
17   Allocates a struct net_device with private data area for driver use
18   and performs basic initialization.  Also allocates subqueue structs
19   for each queue on the device.
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