[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>
diff --git a/drivers/net/appletalk/cops.c b/drivers/net/appletalk/cops.c
index 2161c2d..9edaa18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/appletalk/cops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/appletalk/cops.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
-#include <linux/if_ltalk.h> /* For ltalk_setup() */
+#include <linux/if_ltalk.h>
#include <linux/delay.h> /* For udelay() */
#include <linux/atalk.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
int base_addr;
int err = 0;
- dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct cops_local), "lt%d", ltalk_setup);
+ dev = alloc_ltalkdev(sizeof(struct cops_local));
if (!dev)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
diff --git a/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c b/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c
index ad8e943..db4f369 100644
--- a/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@
unsigned long f;
unsigned long timeout;
- dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct ltpc_private), "lt%d", ltalk_setup);
+ dev = alloc_ltalkdev(sizeof(struct ltpc_private));
if (!dev)
goto out;
diff --git a/include/linux/if_ltalk.h b/include/linux/if_ltalk.h
index e75e832..7652576 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_ltalk.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_ltalk.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
#define LTALK_ALEN 1
#ifdef __KERNEL__
-extern void ltalk_setup(struct net_device *);
+extern struct net_device *alloc_ltalkdev(int sizeof_priv);
#endif
#endif
diff --git a/net/appletalk/dev.c b/net/appletalk/dev.c
index 76598445..1237e20 100644
--- a/net/appletalk/dev.c
+++ b/net/appletalk/dev.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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 @@
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);
