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.\"    Manual: Char devices
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15
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.TH "__UNREGISTER_CHRDEV" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Char devices"
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.SH "NAME"
__unregister_chrdev \- unregister and destroy a cdev
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ __unregister_chrdev('u
.BI "void __unregister_chrdev(unsigned\ int\ " "major" ", unsigned\ int\ " "baseminor" ", unsigned\ int\ " "count" ", const\ char\ *\ " "name" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fImajor\fR
.RS 4
major device number
.RE
.PP
\fIbaseminor\fR
.RS 4
first of the range of minor numbers
.RE
.PP
\fIcount\fR
.RS 4
the number of minor numbers this cdev is occupying
.RE
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
name of this range of devices
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Unregister and destroy the cdev occupying the region described by
\fImajor\fR,
\fIbaseminor\fR
and
\fIcount\fR\&. This function undoes what
\fB__register_chrdev\fR
did\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br