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| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/devd/devd.8 | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
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 |
