From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>
To: dipi_k@123india.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: net_device list in kernel
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:35:10 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010613163510.P941@conectiva.com.br> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010613191418.17176.cpmta@c009.snv.cp.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010613191418.17176.cpmta@c009.snv.cp.net>; from dipi_k@123india.com on Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 12:14:18PM -0700
Em Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 12:14:18PM -0700, dipi_k@123india.com escreveu:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have one doubt.
>
> There is a list of the devices(net_device{} structures) maintained in kernel which has all the interfaces initialised by that time. This list is refrenced by dev_base variable.
>
> I need following info
>
> 1) does kernel maintain a global variable which keeps the count of net_device{} in above list?
not that I'm aware
> 2) Is this list modified(net_device{} added or deleted ) once it's initialised at boot time?
Yes, think about loading a module for a network card, it will add one entry
(or more in some cases) to this list, or think about net aliases. Look at
register_netdevice in net/core/dev.c
- Arnaldo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-13 19:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-13 19:14 net_device list in kernel dipi_k
2001-06-13 19:35 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20010613163510.P941@conectiva.com.br \
--to=acme@conectiva.com.br \
--cc=dipi_k@123india.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.