字符设备驱动： register_chrdev和register_chrdev_region

/*register_chrdev = __register_chrdev_region （一次性256个子设备，这种固定模式不太好，不能比256更多子设备，所以后来开始废除这种模式）+ cdev_add*/

static inline int register_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name,
const struct file_operations *fops)
{
return __register_chrdev(major, 0, 256, name, fops);
}

/**
* __register_chrdev() - create and register a cdev occupying a range of minors
* @major: major device number or 0 for dynamic allocation
* @baseminor: first of the requested range of minor numbers
* @count: the number of minor numbers required
* @name: name of this range of devices
* @fops: file operations associated with this devices
*
* If @major == 0 this functions will dynamically allocate a major and return
* its number.
*
* If @major > 0 this function will attempt to reserve a device with the given
* major number and will return zero on success.
*
* Returns a -ve errno on failure.
*
* The name of this device has nothing to do with the name of the device in
* /dev. It only helps to keep track of the different owners of devices. If
* your module name has only one type of devices it's ok to use e.g. the name
* of the module here.
*/
int __register_chrdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
unsigned int count, const char *name,
const struct file_operations *fops)
{
struct char_device_struct *cd;
struct cdev *cdev;
int err = -ENOMEM;

cd = __register_chrdev_region(major, baseminor, count, name);
if (IS_ERR(cd))
return PTR_ERR(cd);

cdev = cdev_alloc();
if (!cdev)
goto out2;

cdev->owner = fops->owner;
cdev->ops = fops;
kobject_set_name(&cdev->kobj, "%s", name);

err = cdev_add(cdev, MKDEV(cd->major, baseminor), count);
if (err)
goto out;

cd->cdev = cdev;

return major ? 0 : cd->major;
out:
kobject_put(&cdev->kobj);
out2:
kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(cd->major, baseminor, count));
return err;
}

/* unregister_chrdev =  __unregister_chrdev_region +  cdev_del*/

static inline void unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name)
{
__unregister_chrdev(major, 0, 256, name);
}

/**
* __unregister_chrdev - unregister and destroy a cdev
* @major: major device number
* @baseminor: first of the range of minor numbers
* @count: the number of minor numbers this cdev is occupying
* @name: name of this range of devices
*
* Unregister and destroy the cdev occupying the region described by
* @major, @baseminor and @count.  This function undoes what
* __register_chrdev() did.
*/
void __unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
unsigned int count, const char *name)
{
struct char_device_struct *cd;

cd = __unregister_chrdev_region(major, baseminor, count);
if (cd && cd->cdev)
cdev_del(cd->cdev);
kfree(cd);
}

/*register_chrdev_region和__register_chrdev_region 功能是一样的；
unregister_chrdev_region和__unregister_chrdev_region功能是一样的；*/

/**
* register_chrdev_region() - register a range of device numbers
* @from: the first in the desired range of device numbers; must include
*        the major number.
* @count: the number of consecutive device numbers required
* @name: the name of the device or driver.
*
* Return value is zero on success, a negative error code on failure.
*/
int register_chrdev_region(dev_t from, unsigned count, const char *name)
{
struct char_device_struct *cd;
dev_t to = from + count;
dev_t n, next;

for (n = from; n < to; n = next) {
next = MKDEV(MAJOR(n)+1, 0);
if (next > to)
next = to;
cd = __register_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n), MINOR(n),
next - n, name);
if (IS_ERR(cd))
goto fail;
}
return 0;
fail:
to = n;
for (n = from; n < to; n = next) {
next = MKDEV(MAJOR(n)+1, 0);
kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n), MINOR(n), next - n));
}
return PTR_ERR(cd);
}

/**
* unregister_chrdev_region() - return a range of device numbers
* @from: the first in the range of numbers to unregister
* @count: the number of device numbers to unregister
*
* This function will unregister a range of @count device numbers,
* starting with @from.  The caller should normally be the one who
* allocated those numbers in the first place...
*/
void unregister_chrdev_region(dev_t from, unsigned count)
{
dev_t to = from + count;
dev_t n, next;

for (n = from; n < to; n = next) {
next = MKDEV(MAJOR(n)+1, 0);
if (next > to)
next = to;
kfree(__unregister_chrdev_region(MAJOR(n), MINOR(n), next - n));
}
}