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authorjhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org>2002-11-13 20:27:46 +0000
committerjhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org>2002-11-13 20:27:46 +0000
commitcea56bb80551290c65f7717f06e849b9066c8761 (patch)
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parent926d93e39281f0c768ecb87809c7589d60c8672b (diff)
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Try to reword things a bit more to make it clearer.
Reviewed by: imp
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diff --git a/sbin/devd/devd.8 b/sbin/devd/devd.8
index 871c90e..ebf596e 100644
--- a/sbin/devd/devd.8
+++ b/sbin/devd/devd.8
@@ -51,10 +51,20 @@ becoming a daemon.
is a system daemon that runs in the background all the time.
Whenever a device is added to or removed from the device tree,
.Nm
-will execute specified actions.
-In addition, when a device without a suitable driver loaded enters the system,
+will execute actions specified in
+.Xr devd.conf 5 .
+For example,
.Nm
-will perform a different specified action.
+might execute
+.Xr dhclient 8
+when an ethernet adapter is added to the system and kill the
+.Xr dhclient 8
+instance when the same adapter is removed.
+Another example would be for
+.Nm
+to use a table to locate and load via
+.Xr kldload 8
+the proper driver for an unrecognized device that is added to the system.
.Pp
.Nm
hooks into the
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