Kernel Functions for Drivers               netinstancealloc(9F)



NAME
     netinstancealloc - allocate a netinstancet structure

SYNOPSIS
     #include 

     netinstancet *netinstancealloc(const int version);


INTERFACE LEVEL
     Solaris DI specific (Solaris DI).

PARAMETERS
     version    must always be the symbol NETIVERSION.


DESCRIPTION
     The netinstancealloc() function allocates a netinstancet
     structure, returning a pointer for the caller to use.

RETURN VALUES
     Upon success, netinstancealloc() returns a pointer to  the
     allocated netinstancet structure. On failure, it returns a
     NUL pointer.

CONTEXT
     The netinstancealloc() function may be called from user or
     kernel context.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWcsu                     
    
     Interface Stability          Committed                   
    


SEE ALSO
     netinstancefree(9F), attributes(5), netinjectt(9S)









SunOS 5.11           Last change: 1 May 2008                    1