devd -- device state change daemon
devd [-Ddn]
The devd daemon provides a way to have userland programs run when certain
kernel events happen.
The following options are accepted.
-D Enable debugging messages.
-d Run in the foreground instead of becoming a daemon.
-n Do not process all pending events before becoming a daemon.
Instead, call daemon right away.
The devd utility is a system daemon that runs in the background all the
time. Whenever a device is added to or removed from the device tree,
devd will execute actions specified in devd.conf(5). For example, devd
might execute dhclient(8) when an Ethernet adapter is added to the system,
and kill the dhclient(8) instance when the same adapter is removed.
Another example would be for devd to use a table to locate and load via
kldload(8) the proper driver for an unrecognized device that is added to
the system.
The devd utility hooks into the devctl(4) device driver. This device
driver has hooks into the device configuration system. When nodes are
added or deleted from the tree, this device will deliver information
about the event to devd. Once devd has parsed the message, it will
search its action list for that kind of event and perform the action with
the highest matching value. For most mundane uses, the default handlers
are adequate. However, for more advanced users, the power is present to
tweak every aspect of what happens.
The devd utility reads /etc/devd.conf and uses that file to drive the
rest of the process. While the format of this file is described in
devd.conf(5), some basics are covered here. In the options section, one
can define multiple directories to search for config files. All files in
each of these directories are parsed. These files are intended to be
installed by third party vendors that wish to hook into the devd system
without modifying the user's other config files.
devctl(4), devd.conf(5)
M. Warner Losh
FreeBSD 5.2.1 October 17, 2002 FreeBSD 5.2.1 [ Back ] |
