Function netdev_register

net/netdev/netdev_register.c:278–547

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int netdev_register(FAR struct net_driver_s *dev, enum net_lltype_e lltype)
{
  FAR struct net_driver_s **last;
  FAR char devfmt_str[IFNAMSIZ];
  FAR const char *devfmt;
  uint32_t flags   = 0;
  uint16_t pktsize = 0;
  uint8_t llhdrlen = 0;
  int devnum;
#ifdef CONFIG_NETDEV_IFINDEX
  int ifindex;
#endif

  if (dev != NULL)
    {
      /* Set the protocol used by the device and the size of the link
       * header used by this protocol.
       */

      switch (lltype)
        {
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_LOOPBACK
          case NET_LL_LOOPBACK:   /* Local loopback */
            llhdrlen = 0;
            pktsize  = NET_LO_PKTSIZE;
            devfmt   = NETDEV_LO_FORMAT;
            flags    = IFF_LOOPBACK;
            break;
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET
          case NET_LL_ETHERNET:   /* Ethernet */
            llhdrlen = ETH_HDRLEN;
            pktsize  = CONFIG_NET_ETH_PKTSIZE;
            devfmt   = NETDEV_ETH_FORMAT;
            flags    = IFF_BROADCAST | IFF_MULTICAST;
            break;
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_DRIVERS_IEEE80211
          case NET_LL_IEEE80211:  /* IEEE 802.11 */
            llhdrlen = ETH_HDRLEN;
            pktsize  = CONFIG_NET_ETH_PKTSIZE;
            devfmt   = NETDEV_WLAN_FORMAT;
            flags    = IFF_BROADCAST | IFF_MULTICAST;
            break;
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_NET_CAN
          case NET_LL_CAN:  /* CAN bus */
            dev->d_llhdrlen = 0;
            dev->d_pktsize  = NET_CAN_PKTSIZE;
            devfmt          = NETDEV_CAN_FORMAT;
            flags           = IFF_NOARP;
            break;
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_NET_BLUETOOTH