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DEVICE_DEL(9)						   Device drivers infrastructure					     DEVICE_DEL(9)

NAME
       device_del - delete device from system.

SYNOPSIS
       void device_del(struct device * dev);

ARGUMENTS
       dev
	   device.

DESCRIPTION
       This is the first part of the device unregistration sequence. This removes the device from the lists we control from here, has it removed
       from the other driver model subsystems it was added to in device_add, and removes it from the kobject hierarchy.

NOTE
       this should be called manually _iff_ device_add was also called manually.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.					     July 2010							     DEVICE_DEL(9)