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2.4 KiB
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77 lines
2.4 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: devpubd.8,v 1.5 2016/09/11 01:38:00 sevan Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2013 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Thomas Klausner.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.Dd September 11, 2016
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.Dt DEVPUBD 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm devpubd
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.Nd device publish daemon for automatic device node creation
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl f
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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listens on
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.Xr drvctl 4
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for new devices and creates their device nodes using
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.Xr MAKEDEV 8
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if they are missing.
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.Pp
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When
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.Fl f
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is specified,
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.Nm
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does not go into the background.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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runs
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.Pa /libexec/devpubd-run-hooks .
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This script runs each script found in
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.Pa /libexec/devpubd-hooks
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in a lexical order with two arguments:
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.Ar device-attach
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or
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.Ar device-detach
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and the device file name.
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The default installation supplies the
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.Pa 01-makedev
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script for creating a device node and the
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.Pa 02-wedgenames
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script for creating symlinks to wedge devices under /dev/wedges.
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Additional scripts may be added for other dynamic device actions.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr drvctl 8 ,
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.Xr MAKEDEV 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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utility appeared in
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.Nx 6.0 .
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