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Understanding Linux Network Internals
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Understanding Linux Network Internals

by Christian Benvenuti
December 2005
Intermediate to advanced
1066 pages
33h 38m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Functions and Variables Featured in This Chapter

Table 6-1 summarizes the functions, macros, and data structures introduced in this chapter.

Table 6-1. Functions, macros, and data structures related to PCI device handling

Name

Description

Functions and macros

 

pci_register_driver

pci_unregister_driver

pci_module_init

Register, unregister, and initialize a PCI driver.

Data structure

 

struct pci_driver

struct pci_device_id

struct pci_dev

The first data structure defines a PCI driver (and consists mostly of virtual function callbacks). The second stores the universal ID associated with a PCI device. The last one represents a PCI device in kernel space.

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