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author | jmg <jmg@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-10-07 21:15:40 +0000 |
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committer | jmg <jmg@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-10-07 21:15:40 +0000 |
commit | 3043d9a100ce9d3e29f6bce05afe4eaf25b6366d (patch) | |
tree | aa1e1e8850e6a8ef568838519d0b32114193b803 /sbin/devd | |
parent | 233a9f7a23579955f25e1fa39ba4278743bd1058 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-3043d9a100ce9d3e29f6bce05afe4eaf25b6366d.zip FreeBSD-src-3043d9a100ce9d3e29f6bce05afe4eaf25b6366d.tar.gz |
flesh out the devd.conf man page... Mostly from the PR, but did a couple
gramatical tweaks along w/ sorting the list, and adding that serial is
available for USB....
PR: 85097
Submitted by: Fredrik Lindberg
MFC after: 1 week
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/devd')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/devd/devd.conf.5 | 306 |
1 files changed, 298 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/devd/devd.conf.5 b/sbin/devd/devd.conf.5 index 1452eca..2c44db6 100644 --- a/sbin/devd/devd.conf.5 +++ b/sbin/devd/devd.conf.5 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ .\" ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS .\" SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd October 17, 2002 +.Dd October 7, 2006 .Dt DEVD.CONF 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -60,19 +60,22 @@ terminated with a semicolon. .Pp The following statements are supported: .Bl -tag -width ".Ic options" -.It Ic options -specifies various options and parameters for the operation of -.Xr devd 8 . .It Ic attach -specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when +Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when a newly attached device matches said criteria. .It Ic detach -specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when +Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when a newly detached device matches said criteria. .It Ic nomatch -specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when +Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when no device driver currently loaded in the kernel claims a (new) device. +.It Ic notify +Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when the kernel +sends an event notification to userland. +.It Ic options +Specifies various options and parameters for the operation of +.Xr devd 8 . .El .Pp Statements may occur in any order in the configuration file, and may be @@ -80,6 +83,240 @@ repeated as often as required. Further details on the syntax and meaning of each statement and their substatements are explained below. .Pp +Each statement, except +.Dq options +has a priority (an arbitrary number) associated with it, where +.Ql 0 +is defined as the lowest priority. +If two statements match the same event, only the action of the statement with +highest priority will be executed. +In this way generic statements can be overridden for devices or +notifications that require special attention. +.Pp +The general syntax of a statement is: +.Pp +.Bd -literal -offset indent +statement priority { + substatement "value"; + ... + substatement "value"; +}; +.Ed +.Pp +.Ss Sub-statements +The following sub-statements are supported within the +.Dq options +statement. +.Bl -tag -width ".Ic directory" +.It Ic directory \*q/some/path\*q; +Adds the given directory to the list of directories from which +.Xr devd 8 +will read +configuration files. Any number of +.Dq directory +statements can be used. +.It Ic pid-file \*q/var/run/devd.pid\*q; +Specifies pid file. +.It Ic set regexp-name \*q(some|regexp)\*q; +Creates a regular expression and assigns it to the variable +.Va regexp-name . +The variable is avaiable throughout the rest of +the configuration file. +All regular expressions have an implicit +.Ql Li ^$ +around them. +.El +.Pp +The following sub-statements are supported within the +.Dq attach +and +.Dq detach +statements. +.Bl -tag -width ".Ic directory" +.It Ic action \*qcommand\*q; +Command to execute upon a successful match. +Example +.Ic /etc/pccard_ether $device-name start +.It Ic class \*qstring\*q; +This is shorthand for +.Dq match \*qclass\*q . +.It Ic device-name \*qstring\*q; +This is shorthand for +.Dq match \*qdevice-name\*q . +This matches a device named +.Va string ; +which is allowed to be a regular expression or a variable previously created +containing a regular expression. +The +.Va device-name +variable +is avaiable for later use with the action-statement. +.It Ic match \*qvariable\*q \*qvalue\*q; +Matches the content of +.Va value +against +.Va variable , +the content of +.Va value +may be a regular expression. +Not required during +.Dq Li attach +nor +.Dq Li detach +events since the +.Dq Li device-name +statement takes care of all device matching. +For a partial list of variables, see below. +.It Ic media-type \*qstring\*q; +This is shorthand for +.Dq match \*qdevice-name\*q . +.It Ic subdevice \*qstring\*q; +This is shorthand for +.Dq match \*qsubdevice\*q . +.El +.Pp +The following sub-statements are supported within the +.Dq nomatch +statement. +.Bl -tag -width ".Ic directory" +.It Ic action \*qcommand\*q; +Same as above. +.It Ic match \*qvariable\*q \*qvalue\*q; +Matches the content of +.Va value +against +.Va variable , +the content of +.Va value +may be a regular expression. +For a partial list of variables, see below. +.El +.Pp +The following sub-statements are supported within the +.Dq notify +statement. +The +.Dq Li notify +variable is avaiable inside this statement and contains, a value, depending +on which system and subsystem that delivered the event. +.Bl -tag -width ".Ic directory" +.It Ic action \*qcommand\*q; +Command to execute upon a successful match. Example +.Ic /etc/rc.d/power_profile $notify +.It Ic match \*qsystem|subsystem|type|notify\*q \*qvalue\*q; +Any number of +.Dq match +statements can exists within a +.Dq notify +statement. +.Va value +can be either a fixed string or a regular expression. +Below is a list of avaiable systems, subsystems, and types. +.El +.Ss Variables that can be used with the match statement +A partial list of variables and their possible values that can be used together +with the +.Dq match +statement. +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width "manufacturer" -compact +.It Ic Variable +.Ic Description +.It bus +Device name of parent bus +.It cisproduct +CIS-product +.It cisvendor +CIS-vendor +.It class +Device class +.It device +Device ID +.It device-name +Name of attached/detached device +.It function +Card functions +.It manufacturer +Manufacturer ID (pccard) +.It notify +Match the value of the +.Dq Li notify +variable. +.It product +Product ID (pccard) +.It serial +Serial Number (USB) +.It slot +Card slot +.It subvendor +Sub-vendor ID +.It subdevice +Sub-device ID +.It subsystem +Matches a subsystem of a system, see below +.It system +Matches a system type, see below +.It type +Type of notification, see below +.It vendor +Vendor ID +.El +.Ss Notify matching +A Partial list of systems, subsystems, and types used within the +.Dq notify +mechanism. +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width "IFNET" -compact +.It Ic System +.It ACPI +Events related to the ACPI subsystem. +.Bl -tag -compact +.It Ic Subsystem +.It ACAD +AC Line state ($notify=0x00 is offline, 0x01 is online). +.It Button +Button state ($notify=0x00 is power, 0x01 is sleep). +.It CMBAT +Battery events. +.It Lid +Lid state ($notify=0x00 is closed, 0x01 is open). +.It Thermal +Thermal zone events. +.El +.Pp +.It IFNET +Events related to the network subsystem. +.Bl -tag -compact +.It Ic Subsystem +.It [interface] +The +.Dq subsystem +is the actual name of the network interface on which the event +took place. +.Bl -tag -compact +.It Ic Type +.It LINK_UP +Carrier status changed to UP. +.It LINK_DOWN +Carrier status changed to DOWN. +.El +.El +.El +.Pp +A link state change to UP on the interface +.Dq fxp0 +would result in the following notify event: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +system=IFNET, subsystem=fxp0, type=LINK_UP +.Ed +.Pp +An AC line state change to +.Dq offline +would result in the following event: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +system=ACPI, subsystem=ACAD, notify=0x00 +.Ed +.Ss Comments Comments may appear anywhere that whitespace may appear in a configuration file. To appeal to programmers of all kinds, they can @@ -110,7 +347,7 @@ C++-style comments start with the two characters (slash, slash) and continue to the end of the physical line. They cannot be continued across multiple physical lines; to have one logical comment span multiple lines, each line must use the -.Ql // +.Dq // pair. For example: .Bd -literal -offset indent @@ -118,6 +355,59 @@ For example: // is a new comment, even though it is logically // part of the previous comment. .Ed +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Bd -literal +# +# This will catch link down events on the interfaces fxp0 and ath0 +# +notify 0 { + match "system" "IFNET"; + match "subsystem" "(fxp0|ath0)"; + match "type" "LINK_DOWN"; + action "logger $subsystem is DOWN"; +}; + +# +# Match lid open/close events +# These can be combined to a single event, by passing the +# value of $notify to the external script. +# +notify 0 { + match "system" "ACPI"; + match "subsystem" "Lid"; + match "notify" "0x00"; + action "logger Lid closed, we can sleep now!"; +}; + +notify 0 { + match "system" "ACPI"; + match "subsystem" "Lid"; + match "notify" "0x01"; + action "logger Lid opened, the sleeper must awaken!"; +}; + +# +# Try to configure ath and wi devices with pccard_ether +# as they are attached. +# +attach 0 { + device-name "(ath|wi)[0-9]+"; + action "/etc/pccard_ether $device-name start"; +}; + +# +# Stop ath and wi devices as they are detached from +# the system. +# +detach 0 { + device-name "(ath|wi)[0-9]+"; + action "/etc/pccard_ether $device-name stop"; +}; +.Ed +.Pp +The installed +.Pa /etc/devd.conf +has many additional examples. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/devd.conf" -compact .It Pa /etc/devd.conf |