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30 #ifndef _LINUX_MISCDEVICE_H_
31 #define _LINUX_MISCDEVICE_H_
33 #define MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR -1
35 #include <linux/device.h>
36 #include <linux/cdev.h>
40 struct device *this_device;
41 const struct file_operations *fops;
48 extern struct class miscclass;
51 misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc)
53 misc->this_device = device_create(&miscclass, &linux_rootdev, 0, misc,
55 misc->cdev = cdev_alloc();
56 if (misc->cdev == NULL)
58 misc->cdev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
59 misc->cdev->ops = misc->fops;
60 kobject_set_name(&misc->cdev->kobj, misc->name);
61 if (cdev_add(misc->cdev, misc->this_device->devt, 1))
67 misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc)
69 device_destroy(&miscclass, misc->this_device->devt);
75 #endif /* _LINUX_MISCDEVICE_H_ */