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author | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-01-06 17:17:29 +0000 |
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committer | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-01-06 17:17:29 +0000 |
commit | a45c3571b388393b3bbd87c2f079f9ed50a68fb1 (patch) | |
tree | db34973e7425c8af6a3851a0e20431665a88f59d /share/man/man9/DEVICE_ATTACH.9 | |
parent | 0656c5b050d5d2b88736b7000517d4b7a2862dfa (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-a45c3571b388393b3bbd87c2f079f9ed50a68fb1.zip FreeBSD-src-a45c3571b388393b3bbd87c2f079f9ed50a68fb1.tar.gz |
- Use .Fn for marking up function-like macro names.
- Improve the wording in a few places.
- Add the email address of Doug Rabson in the AUTHORS section.
- Link to devfs(5) with an .Xr
MFC after: 3 days
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diff --git a/share/man/man9/DEVICE_ATTACH.9 b/share/man/man9/DEVICE_ATTACH.9 index 01154b5..79ae200 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/DEVICE_ATTACH.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/DEVICE_ATTACH.9 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 16, 1998 +.Dd January 6, 2005 .Dt DEVICE_ATTACH 9 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -40,11 +40,16 @@ .Ft int .Fn DEVICE_ATTACH "device_t dev" .Sh DESCRIPTION -Attach a device to the system. -The probe method will have been called and will have indicated that +Attach a device to the system after the +.Fn DEVICE_PROBE +method has been called and has indicated that the device exists. -This routine should initialise the hardware and allocate other -system resources (such as devfs entries). +The +.Fn DEVICE_ATTACH +method should initialize the hardware and allocate other +system resources (such as +.Xr devfs 5 +entries). .Pp Devices which implement busses should use this method to probe for the existence of devices attached to the bus and add them as @@ -55,6 +60,7 @@ the child devices will be automatically probed and attached. .Sh RETURN VALUES Zero is returned on success, otherwise an appropriate error is returned. .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr devfs 5 , .Xr device 9 , .Xr DEVICE_DETACH 9 , .Xr DEVICE_IDENTIFY 9 , @@ -62,4 +68,4 @@ Zero is returned on success, otherwise an appropriate error is returned. .Xr DEVICE_SHUTDOWN 9 .Sh AUTHORS This man page was written by -.An Doug Rabson . +.An Doug Rabson Aq dfr@FreeBSD.org . |