1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>cdev_init</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Linux Kernel API"><link rel="up" href="chrdev.html" title="Chapter&#160;15.&#160;Char devices"><link rel="prev" href="API-cdev-alloc.html" title="cdev_alloc"><link rel="next" href="miscdev.html" title="Chapter&#160;16.&#160;Miscellaneous Devices"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">cdev_init</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-cdev-alloc.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter&#160;15.&#160;Char devices</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="miscdev.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-cdev-init"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>cdev_init &#8212; 
2     initialize a cdev structure
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void <b class="fsfunc">cdev_init </b>(</code></td><td>struct cdev * <var class="pdparam">cdev</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>const struct file_operations * <var class="pdparam">fops</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1129157828"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cdev</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     the structure to initialize
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>fops</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     the file_operations for this device
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8   Initializes <em class="parameter"><code>cdev</code></em>, remembering <em class="parameter"><code>fops</code></em>, making it ready to add to the
9   system with <code class="function">cdev_add</code>.
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