misc_deregister(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to misc_deregister(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the un-registration bestie, and it’s giving “clean up your room before you leave” energy 🧹✨

✨ NAME ✨

misc_deregister — unregister a miscellaneous device 🎀

🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

void misc_deregister (struct miscdevice *misc );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • misc — the device to unregister. yep, that’s the whole vibe: hand it the device you want to send off 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Unregister a miscellaneous device that was previously successfully registered with misc_register. That’s it, that’s the plot — this is the cleanup bestie for a misc device that already made it through registration, no cap 🌸

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • Kernel file ./drivers/char/misc.c — the source file, iconic, go peek 🦋
  • misc_register(9) — the registration side of the story, lowkey essential reading 🔥

mwah 💋 this cutie is from ./drivers/char, dated October 2026 — stan the cleanup arc, bye bestie 🫶✨

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