register_chrdev_region(9)

register_chrdev_region9

Register a range of device numbers

Usage

int register_chrdev_region(dev_t from, unsigned count, const char * name);

Arguments

from

the first in the desired range of device numbers; must include the major number.

count

the number of consecutive device numbers required

name

the name of the device or driver.

Overview

Return value is zero on success, a negative error code on failure.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.