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USB_REGISTER_DRIVER(9) | USB Core APIs | USB_REGISTER_DRIVER(9) |
NAME¶
usb_register_driver - register a USB interface driverSYNOPSIS¶
int usb_register_driver(struct usb_driver * new_driver, struct module * owner, const char * mod_name);
ARGUMENTS¶
new_driverUSB operations for the interface driver
owner
module owner of this driver.
mod_name
module name string
DESCRIPTION¶
Registers a USB interface driver with the USB core. The list of unattached interfaces will be rescanned whenever a new driver is added, allowing the new driver to attach to any recognized interfaces.RETURN¶
A negative error code on failure and 0 on success.NOTE¶
if you want your driver to use the USB major number, you must call usb_register_dev to enable that functionality. This function no longer takes care of that.COPYRIGHT¶
April 2019 | Kernel Hackers Manual 4.9. |