.TH "register_sound_special" 9 "register_sound_special" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX .SH NAME register_sound_special \- register a special sound node .SH SYNOPSIS .B "int" register_sound_special .BI "(struct file_operations *" fops "," .BI "int " unit ");" .SH ARGUMENTS .IP "fops" 12 File operations for the driver .IP "unit" 12 Unit number to allocate .SH "DESCRIPTION" Allocate a special sound device by minor number from the sound subsystem. The allocated number is returned on succes. On failure a negative error code is returned.