__UNREGISTER_CHRDEV(9)                     Char devices                    __UNREGISTER_CHRDEV(9)



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
       major
           major device number

       baseminor
           first of the range of minor numbers

       count
           the number of minor numbers this cdev is occupying

       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.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                    __UNREGISTER_CHRDEV(9)