INIT_DUMMY_NETDEV(9)                  Network device support                 INIT_DUMMY_NETDEV(9)



NAME
       init_dummy_netdev - init a dummy network device for NAPI

SYNOPSIS
       int init_dummy_netdev(struct net_device * dev);

ARGUMENTS
       dev
           device to init

DESCRIPTION
       This takes a network device structure and initialize the minimum amount of fields so it
       can be used to schedule NAPI polls without registering a full blown interface. This is to
       be used by drivers that need to tie several hardware interfaces to a single NAPI poll
       scheduler due to HW limitations.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                      INIT_DUMMY_NETDEV(9)