UNREGISTER_CHRDEV_RE

Section: Char devices (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

unregister_chrdev_region - return a range of device numbers  

SYNOPSIS

void unregister_chrdev_region(dev_t from, unsigned count);
 

ARGUMENTS

from

the first in the range of numbers to unregister

count

the number of device numbers to unregister
 

DESCRIPTION

This function will unregister a range of count device numbers, starting with from. The caller should normally be the one who allocated those numbers in the first place...  

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