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Compaq TRU64 AA-RNG2A-TE User Manual

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Figure 1–1: Sections of a Network Device Driver

/* Include Files Section */

/* Configure Section */

/* Autoconfiguration Support Section */

/* Start Transmit Section */

Network Device Driver

/* Declarations Section */

/* Initialization Section */

/* Ioctl Section */

/* Interrupt Section */

/* Reset Section */

/* Watchdog Section */

ZK-0818U-AI

Unlike for block and character drivers, you do not specify network driver
entry points in the dsent data structure. This means that a network
driver has no exposure into the file system and, therefore, has no entry in
the /dev directory. Thus, network drivers do not have block and character
driver-specific interfaces such as open, close, read, write, and strategy.

1–2 Network Device Driver Environment