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.TH "TTY_REGISTER_DEVICE" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
tty_register_device \- register a tty device
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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void tty_register_device  (struct tty_driver * \fIdriver\fB, unsigned \fIindex\fB, struct device * \fIdevice\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdriver\fB\fR
the tty driver that describes the tty device
.TP
\fB\fIindex\fB\fR
the index in the tty driver for this tty device
.TP
\fB\fIdevice\fB\fR
a struct device that is associated with this tty device.
This field is optional, if there is no known struct device for this
tty device it can be set to NULL safely.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This call is required to be made to register an individual tty device if
the tty driver's flags have the TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS bit set.  If that
bit is not set, this function should not be called.