Mandeep, > i have seen in 8139too.c a call to "alloc_etherdev(dev)". > is this the preffered way to allocate space for the net_device this initializes a few net_device structure variables. As the name suggests, it shud be used when allocating net_device for an ethernet interface. > struct. In rubini's book he has mentioned the use of > "ether_setup" (there is no mention of "alloc_etherdev") > to partially fill up the net_device struct, but this fxn alloc_etherdev() calls alloc_netdev(..., ether_setup) alloc_netdev calls ether_setup() to setup the net_device members to ethernet functions/values. So, both methods are almost equivalent. > realtek card (8139too.c). where can i get info on what > functions like "alloc_etherdev" do??? Check out the sources...use lxr.linux.no Vivek. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
