__UNREGISTER_CHRDEV
Section: Char devices (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
__unregister_chrdev - unregister and destroy a cdev
SYNOPSIS
-
void __unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor, unsigned int count, const char * name);
ARGUMENTS
major
-
- major device number
baseminor
-
first of the range of minor numbers
count
-
the number of minor numbers this cdev is occupying
name
-
name of this range of devices
DESCRIPTION
Unregister and destroy the cdev occupying the region described by
major,
baseminor
and
count. This function undoes what
__register_chrdev
did.
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