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

unsigned int major

major device number

unsigned int baseminor

first of the range of minor numbers

unsigned int count

the number of minor numbers this cdev is occupying

const char * 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.