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.\"      Date: January 2017
.\"    Manual: Char devices
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "CDEV_INIT" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Char devices"
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.SH "NAME"
cdev_init \- initialize a cdev structure
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ cdev_init('u
.BI "void cdev_init(struct\ cdev\ *\ " "cdev" ", const\ struct\ file_operations\ *\ " "fops" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIcdev\fR
.RS 4
the structure to initialize
.RE
.PP
\fIfops\fR
.RS 4
the file_operations for this device
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Initializes
\fIcdev\fR, remembering
\fIfops\fR, making it ready to add to the system with
\fBcdev_add\fR\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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