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>Name</H2
>devfs_register -- Register a device entry.
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><CODE
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>devfs_handle_t <TT
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>devfs_register </TT
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>(devfs_handle_t <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>dir</I
></TT
>, const char * <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>name</I
></TT
>, unsigned int <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>flags</I
></TT
>, unsigned int <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>major</I
></TT
>, unsigned int <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>minor</I
></TT
>, umode_t <TT
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><I
>mode</I
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>, void * <TT
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><TT
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><I
>dir</I
></TT
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> The handle to the parent devfs directory entry. If this is <TT
CLASS="CONSTANT"
>NULL</TT
> the
new name is relative to the root of the devfs.
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><TT
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>name</I
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> The name of the entry.
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><TT
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>flags</I
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> A set of bitwise-ORed flags (DEVFS_FL_*).
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><TT
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>major</I
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> The major number. Not needed for regular files.
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><I
>minor</I
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> The minor number. Not needed for regular files.
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>mode</I
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> The default file mode.
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> The &file_operations or &block_device_operations structure.
This must not be externally deallocated.
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><TT
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><I
>info</I
></TT
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> An arbitrary pointer which will be written to the <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>private_data</I
></TT
>
field of the &file structure passed to the device driver. You can set
this to whatever you like, and change it once the file is opened (the next
file opened will not see this change).
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> Returns a handle which may later be used in a call to <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>devfs_unregister</TT
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On failure <TT
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