Name
alloc_chrdev_region —
register a range of char device numbers
Synopsis
int alloc_chrdev_region ( | dev_t * | dev, |
| | unsigned | baseminor, |
| | unsigned | count, |
| | const char * | name); |
Arguments
dev
output parameter for first assigned number
baseminor
first of the requested range of minor numbers
count
the number of minor numbers required
name
the name of the associated device or driver
Description
Allocates a range of char device numbers. The major number will be
chosen dynamically, and returned (along with the first minor number)
in dev. Returns zero or a negative error code.