[NET]: Expose alloc_netdev() for use by drivers.

drivers/net/net_init.c

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 */
 
 
-static struct net_device *alloc_netdev(int sizeof_priv, const char *mask,
+struct net_device *alloc_netdev(int sizeof_priv, const char *mask,
 				       void (*setup)(struct net_device *))
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static struct net_device *alloc_netdev(int sizeof_priv, const char *mask,
 
 	return dev;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_netdev);
 
 static struct net_device *init_alloc_dev(int sizeof_priv)
 {

include/linux/etherdevice.h

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ extern int		eth_header_parse(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					 unsigned char *haddr);
 extern struct net_device *init_etherdev(struct net_device *dev, int sizeof_priv);
 extern struct net_device *alloc_etherdev(int sizeof_priv);
-
 static inline void eth_copy_and_sum (struct sk_buff *dest, unsigned char *src, int len, int base)
 {
 	memcpy (dest->data, src, len);

include/linux/netdevice.h

@@ -816,6 +816,8 @@ extern void		tr_setup(struct net_device *dev);
 extern void		fc_setup(struct net_device *dev);
 extern void		fc_freedev(struct net_device *dev);
 /* Support for loadable net-drivers */
+extern struct net_device *alloc_netdev(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
+				       void (*setup)(struct net_device *));
 extern int		register_netdev(struct net_device *dev);
 extern void		unregister_netdev(struct net_device *dev);
 /* Functions used for multicast support */