1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Chapter&#160;16.&#160;Miscellaneous Devices</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="index.html" title="The Linux Kernel API"><link rel="prev" href="API-cdev-init.html" title="cdev_init"><link rel="next" href="API-misc-register.html" title="misc_register"></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">Chapter&#160;16.&#160;Miscellaneous Devices</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-cdev-init.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">&#160;</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-misc-register.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="miscdev"></a>Chapter&#160;16.&#160;Miscellaneous Devices</h1></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-misc-register.html"><span class="phrase">misc_register</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> &#8212; 
2  register a miscellaneous device
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4     unregister a miscellaneous device
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