media_devnode_register(9) register a media device node

SYNOPSIS

int media_devnode_register(struct media_devnode * mdev, struct module * owner);

ARGUMENTS

mdev

media device node structure we want to register

owner

should be filled with THIS_MODULE

DESCRIPTION

The registration code assigns minor numbers and registers the new device node with the kernel. An error is returned if no free minor number can be found, or if the registration of the device node fails.

Zero is returned on success.

Note that if the media_devnode_register call fails, the release callback of the media_devnode structure is *not* called, so the caller is responsible for freeing any data.

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