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@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ register/unregister functions::
void hwmon_device_unregister(struct device *dev);
- void devm_hwmon_device_unregister(struct device *dev);
-
char *hwmon_sanitize_name(const char *name);
char *devm_hwmon_sanitize_name(struct device *dev, const char *name);
@@ -64,11 +62,6 @@ monitoring device structure. This function must be called from the driver
remove function if the hardware monitoring device was registered with
hwmon_device_register_with_info.
-devm_hwmon_device_unregister does not normally have to be called. It is only
-needed for error handling, and only needed if the driver probe fails after
-the call to devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info and if the automatic (device
-managed) removal would be too late.
-
All supported hwmon device registration functions only accept valid device
names. Device names including invalid characters (whitespace, '*', or '-')
will be rejected. The 'name' parameter is mandatory.