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.TH "DEVICE_DEL" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
device_del \- delete device from system.
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
.sp
void device_del  (struct device * \fIdev\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdev\fB\fR
device.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
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 \fBdevice_add\fR, and removes it
from the kobject hierarchy.
.SH "NOTE"
.PP
this should be called manually _iff_ \fBdevice_add\fR was 
also called manually.