1NETDEV_SET_MASTER(9)        Network device support        NETDEV_SET_MASTER(9)
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NAME

6       netdev_set_master - set up master/slave pair
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SYNOPSIS

9       int netdev_set_master(struct net_device * slave,
10                             struct net_device * master);
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ARGUMENTS

13       slave
14           slave device
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17           new master device
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DESCRIPTION

20       Changes the master device of the slave. Pass NULL to break the bonding.
21       The caller must hold the RTNL semaphore. On a failure a negative errno
22       code is returned. On success the reference counts are adjusted,
23       RTM_NEWLINK is sent to the routing socket and the function returns
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27Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.       November 2011            NETDEV_SET_MASTER(9)
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