Man page 9 : alloc_netdev_mqs

alloc_netdev_mqs - allocate network device

struct net_device * alloc_netdev_mqs(int  sizeof_priv , const char *  name , void (* setup ) (struct net_device *), unsigned int  txqs , unsigned int  rxqs );

sizeof_priv
    size of private data to allocate space for

name
    device name format string

setup
    callback to initialize device

txqs
    the number of TX subqueues to allocate

rxqs
    the number of RX subqueues to allocate

Allocates a struct net_device with private data area for driver use and performs basic initialization. Also allocates subquue structs for each queue on the device.