1ALLOC_CHRDEV_REGION(9)           Char devices           ALLOC_CHRDEV_REGION(9)
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NAME

6       alloc_chrdev_region - register a range of char device numbers
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SYNOPSIS

9       int alloc_chrdev_region(dev_t * dev, unsigned baseminor,
10                               unsigned count, const char * name);
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ARGUMENTS

13       dev
14           output parameter for first assigned number
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16       baseminor
17           first of the requested range of minor numbers
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20           the number of minor numbers required
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22       name
23           the name of the associated device or driver
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DESCRIPTION

26       Allocates a range of char device numbers. The major number will be
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28       dev. Returns zero or a negative error code.
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