1DEVICE_ADD(9) Device drivers infrastructure DEVICE_ADD(9)
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6 device_add - add device to device hierarchy.
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9 int device_add(struct device * dev);
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16 This is part 2 of device_register, though may be called separately
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19 This adds dev to the kobject hierarchy via kobject_add, adds it to the
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24 _Never_ directly free dev after calling this function, even if it
25 returned an error! Always use put_device to give up your reference
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29Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. November 2011 DEVICE_ADD(9)