[ATALK]: Add alloc_ltalkdev().

this matches the API used by other link layer like ethernet or token
ring.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Christoph Hellwig 2005-05-05 14:25:59 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 476e19cfa1
commit 3ef4e9a8db
4 changed files with 24 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static int ltalk_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *addr)
return -EINVAL;
}
void ltalk_setup(struct net_device *dev)
static void ltalk_setup(struct net_device *dev)
{
/* Fill in the fields of the device structure with localtalk-generic values. */
@ -40,4 +40,22 @@ void ltalk_setup(struct net_device *dev)
dev->flags = IFF_BROADCAST|IFF_MULTICAST|IFF_NOARP;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ltalk_setup);
/**
* alloc_ltalkdev - Allocates and sets up an localtalk device
* @sizeof_priv: Size of additional driver-private structure to be allocated
* for this localtalk device
*
* Fill in the fields of the device structure with localtalk-generic
* values. Basically does everything except registering the device.
*
* Constructs a new net device, complete with a private data area of
* size @sizeof_priv. A 32-byte (not bit) alignment is enforced for
* this private data area.
*/
struct net_device *alloc_ltalkdev(int sizeof_priv)
{
return alloc_netdev(sizeof_priv, "lt%d", ltalk_setup);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_ltalkdev);