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. */
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);