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.\"    Manual: Device drivers infrastructure
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "DEVICE_DEL" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "Device drivers infrastructure"
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.SH "NAME"
device_del \- delete device from system\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ device_del('u
.BI "void device_del(struct\ device\ *\ " "dev" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIdev\fR
.RS 4
device\&.
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This is the first part of the device unregistration sequence\&. This removes the device from the lists we control from here, has it removed from the other driver model subsystems it was added to in
\fBdevice_add\fR, and removes it from the kobject hierarchy\&.
.SH "NOTE"
.PP
this should be called manually _iff_
\fBdevice_add\fR
was also called manually\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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