usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
{
	struct usbnet			*dev;
	struct net_device		*net;
	struct usb_host_interface	*interface;
	struct driver_info		*info;
	struct usb_device		*xdev;
	int				status;
	const char			*name;
	struct usb_driver 	*driver = to_usb_driver(udev->dev.driver);

	/* usbnet already took usb runtime pm, so have to enable the feature
	 * for usb interface, otherwise usb_autopm_get_interface may return
	 * failure if RUNTIME_PM is enabled.
	 */
	if (!driver->supports_autosuspend) {
		driver->supports_autosuspend = 1;
		pm_runtime_enable(&udev->dev);
	}

	name = udev->dev.driver->name;
	info = (struct driver_info *) prod->driver_info;
	if (!info) {
		dev_dbg (&udev->dev, "blacklisted by %s\n", name);
		return -ENODEV;
	}
	xdev = interface_to_usbdev (udev);
	interface = udev->cur_altsetting;

	status = -ENOMEM;

	// set up our own records
	net = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*dev));
	if (!net)
		goto out;

	/* netdev_printk() needs this so do it as early as possible */
	SET_NETDEV_DEV(net, &udev->dev);

	dev = netdev_priv(net);
	dev->udev = xdev;
	dev->intf = udev;
	dev->driver_info = info;
	dev->driver_name = name;
	dev->msg_enable = netif_msg_init (msg_level, NETIF_MSG_DRV
				| NETIF_MSG_PROBE | NETIF_MSG_LINK);
	init_waitqueue_head(&dev->wait);
	skb_queue_head_init (&dev->rxq);
	skb_queue_head_init (&dev->txq);
	skb_queue_head_init (&dev->done);
	skb_queue_head_init(&dev->rxq_pause);
	dev->bh.func = usbnet_bh;
	dev->bh.data = (unsigned long) dev;
	INIT_WORK (&dev->kevent, usbnet_deferred_kevent);
	init_usb_anchor(&dev->deferred);
	dev->delay.function = usbnet_bh;
	dev->delay.data = (unsigned long) dev;
	init_timer (&dev->delay);
	mutex_init (&dev->phy_mutex);
	mutex_init(&dev->interrupt_mutex);
	dev->interrupt_count = 0;

	dev->net = net;
	strcpy (net->name, "usb%d");
	memcpy (net->dev_addr, node_id, sizeof node_id);

	/* rx and tx sides can use different message sizes;
	 * bind() should set rx_urb_size in that case.
	 */
	dev->hard_mtu = net->mtu + net->hard_header_len;

	net->netdev_ops = &usbnet_netdev_ops;
	net->watchdog_timeo = TX_TIMEOUT_JIFFIES;
	net->ethtool_ops = &usbnet_ethtool_ops;

	// allow device-specific bind/init procedures
	// NOTE net->name still not usable ...
	if (info->bind) {
		status = info->bind (dev, udev);
		if (status < 0)
			goto out1;

		// heuristic:  "usb%d" for links we know are two-host,
		// else "eth%d" when there's reasonable doubt.  userspace
		// can rename the link if it knows better.
		if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_ETHER) != 0 &&
		    ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_POINTTOPOINT) == 0 ||
		     (net->dev_addr [0] & 0x02) == 0))
			strcpy (net->name, "eth%d");
		/* WLAN devices should always be named "wlan%d" */
		if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_WLAN) != 0)
			strcpy(net->name, "wlan%d");
		/* WWAN devices should always be named "wwan%d" */
		if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_WWAN) != 0)
			strcpy(net->name, "wwan%d");

		/* devices that cannot do ARP */
		if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_NOARP) != 0)
			net->flags |= IFF_NOARP;

		/* maybe the remote can't receive an Ethernet MTU */
		if (net->mtu > (dev->hard_mtu - net->hard_header_len))
			net->mtu = dev->hard_mtu - net->hard_header_len;
	} else if (!info->in || !info->out)
		status = usbnet_get_endpoints (dev, udev);
	else {
		dev->in = usb_rcvbulkpipe (xdev, info->in);
		dev->out = usb_sndbulkpipe (xdev, info->out);
		if (!(info->flags & FLAG_NO_SETINT))
			status = usb_set_interface (xdev,
				interface->desc.bInterfaceNumber,
				interface->desc.bAlternateSetting);
		else
			status = 0;

	}
	if (status >= 0 && dev->status)
		status = init_status (dev, udev);
	if (status < 0)
		goto out3;

	if (!dev->rx_urb_size)
		dev->rx_urb_size = dev->hard_mtu;
	dev->maxpacket = usb_maxpacket (dev->udev, dev->out, 1);

	/* let userspace know we have a random address */
	if (ether_addr_equal(net->dev_addr, node_id))
		net->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_RANDOM;

	if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_WLAN) != 0)
		SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE(net, &wlan_type);
	if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_WWAN) != 0)
		SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE(net, &wwan_type);

	/* initialize max rx_qlen and tx_qlen */
	usbnet_update_max_qlen(dev);

	if (dev->can_dma_sg && !(info->flags & FLAG_SEND_ZLP) &&
		!(info->flags & FLAG_MULTI_PACKET)) {
		dev->padding_pkt = kzalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
		if (!dev->padding_pkt) {
			status = -ENOMEM;
			goto out4;
		}
	}

	status = register_netdev (net);
	if (status)
		goto out5;
	netif_info(dev, probe, dev->net,
		   "register '%s' at usb-%s-%s, %s, %pM\n",
		   udev->dev.driver->name,
		   xdev->bus->bus_name, xdev->devpath,
		   dev->driver_info->description,
		   net->dev_addr);

	// ok, it's ready to go.
	usb_set_intfdata (udev, dev);

	netif_device_attach (net);

	if (dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_LINK_INTR)
		usbnet_link_change(dev, 0, 0);

	return 0;

out5:
	kfree(dev->padding_pkt);
out4:
	usb_free_urb(dev->interrupt);
out3:
	if (info->unbind)
		info->unbind (dev, udev);
out1:
	free_netdev(net);
out:
	return status;
}