1. NAME▲

unregister_netdev - remove device from the kernel

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

void unregister_netdev(struct net_device *  dev );

3. ARGUMENTS ▲

dev
    device

4. DESCRIPTION ▲

This function shuts down a device interface and removes it from the kernel tables.

This is just a wrapper for unregister_netdevice that takes the rtnl semaphore. In general you want to use this and not unregister_netdevice.

5. COPYRIGHT ▲