Chapter 15. Char devices

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register_chrdev_region - register a range of device numbers
alloc_chrdev_region - register a range of char device numbers
__register_chrdev - create and register a cdev occupying a range of minors
unregister_chrdev_region - return a range of device numbers
__unregister_chrdev - unregister and destroy a cdev
cdev_add - add a char device to the system
cdev_del - remove a cdev from the system
cdev_alloc - allocate a cdev structure
cdev_init - initialize a cdev structure