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50 .Nd configuration file for
56 configuration consists of two general features, statements
58 All statements end with a semicolon.
59 Many statements can contain substatements, which are also
60 terminated with a semicolon.
62 The following statements are supported:
63 .Bl -tag -width ".Ic options"
65 Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when
66 a newly attached device matches said criteria.
68 Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when
69 a newly detached device matches said criteria.
71 Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when
72 no device driver currently loaded in the kernel claims a (new)
75 Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when the kernel
76 sends an event notification to userland.
78 Specifies various options and parameters for the operation of
82 Statements may occur in any order in the configuration file, and may be
83 repeated as often as required.
84 Further details on the syntax and meaning of each statement and their
85 substatements are explained below.
87 Each statement, except
89 has a priority (an arbitrary number) associated with it, where
91 is defined as the lowest priority.
92 If two statements match the same event, only the action of the statement with
93 highest priority will be executed.
94 In this way generic statements can be overridden for devices or
95 notifications that require special attention.
97 The general syntax of a statement is:
98 .Bd -literal -offset indent
100 substatement "value";
102 substatement "value";
106 The following sub-statements are supported within the
109 .Bl -tag -width ".Ic directory"
110 .It Ic directory Qq Ar /some/path ;
111 Adds the given directory to the list of directories from which
117 statements can be used.
118 .\" .It Ic pid-file Qq Pa /var/run/devd.pid ;
119 .\" Specifies PID file.
120 .It Ic set Ar regexp-name Qq Ar (some|regexp) ;
121 Creates a regular expression and assigns it to the variable
123 The variable is avaiable throughout the rest of
124 the configuration file.
125 All regular expressions have an implicit
130 The following sub-statements are supported within the
135 .Bl -tag -width ".Ic directory"
136 .It Ic action Qq Ar command ;
137 Command to execute upon a successful match.
139 .Dq Li "/etc/pccard_ether $device-name start" .
140 .It Ic class Qq Ar string ;
141 This is shorthand for
142 .Dq Ic match Qo Li class Qc Qq Ar string .
143 .It Ic device-name Qq string ;
144 This is shorthand for
145 .Dq Ic match Qo Li device-name Qc Qq Ar string .
146 This matches a device named
148 which is allowed to be a regular expression or a variable previously created
149 containing a regular expression.
153 is available for later use with the
156 .It Ic match Qo Ar variable Qc Qq Ar value ;
157 Matches the content of
163 may be a regular expression.
170 statement takes care of all device matching.
171 For a partial list of variables, see below.
172 .It Ic media-type Qq Ar string ;
175 will match devices that have the given media type.
176 Valid media types are:
182 .It Ic subdevice Qq Ar string ;
183 This is shorthand for
184 .Dq Ic match Qo Li subdevice Qc Qq Ar string .
187 The following sub-statements are supported within the
190 .Bl -tag -width ".Ic directory"
191 .It Ic action Qq Ar command ;
193 .It Ic match Qo Ar variable Qc Qq Ar value ;
194 Matches the content of
200 may be a regular expression.
201 For a partial list of variables, see below.
204 The following sub-statements are supported within the
209 variable is avaiable inside this statement and contains, a value, depending
210 on which system and subsystem that delivered the event.
211 .Bl -tag -width ".Ic directory"
212 .It Ic action Qq Ar command ;
213 Command to execute upon a successful match.
215 .Dq Li "/etc/rc.d/power_profile $notify" .
216 .It Ic match Qo Ar system | subsystem | type | notify Qc Qq Ar value ;
219 statements can exist within a
223 can be either a fixed string or a regular expression.
224 Below is a list of avaiable systems, subsystems, and types.
225 .It Ic media-type Qq Ar string ;
228 .Ss Variables that can be used with the match statement
229 A partial list of variables and their possible values that can be used together
234 .Bl -tag -width ".Li manufacturer" -compact
238 Device name of parent bus.
248 Name of attached/detached device.
252 Manufacturer ID (pccard).
254 Match the value of the
268 Matches a subsystem of a system, see below.
270 Matches a system type, see below.
272 Type of notification, see below.
277 A partial list of systems, subsystems, and types used within the
281 .Bl -tag -width ".Li IFNET" -compact
284 Events related to the ACPI subsystem.
285 .Bl -tag -width ".Sy Subsystem" -compact
288 AC line state ($notify=0x00 is offline, 0x01 is online).
290 Button state ($notify=0x00 is power, 0x01 is sleep).
294 Lid state ($notify=0x00 is closed, 0x01 is open).
300 Events related to the network subsystem.
301 .Bl -tag -width ".Sy Subsystem" -compact
306 is the actual name of the network interface on which the event
308 .Bl -tag -width ".Li LINK_DOWN" -compact
311 Carrier status changed to UP.
313 Carrier status changed to DOWN.
318 A link state change to UP on the interface
320 would result in the following notify event:
321 .Bd -literal -offset indent
322 system=IFNET, subsystem=fxp0, type=LINK_UP
325 An AC line state change to
327 would result in the following event:
328 .Bd -literal -offset indent
329 system=ACPI, subsystem=ACAD, notify=0x00
332 Comments may appear anywhere that whitespace may appear in a
334 To appeal to programmers of all kinds, they can
335 be written in C, C++, or shell/Perl constructs.
337 C-style comments start with the two characters
339 (slash, star) and end with
342 Because they are completely delimited with these characters,
343 they can be used to comment only a portion of a line or to span
346 C-style comments cannot be nested.
347 For example, the following is
348 not valid because the entire comment ends with the first
350 .Bd -literal -offset indent
351 /* This is the start of a comment.
352 This is still part of the comment.
353 /* This is an incorrect attempt at nesting a comment. */
354 This is no longer in any comment. */
357 C++-style comments start with the two characters
359 (slash, slash) and continue to the end of the physical line.
360 They cannot be continued across multiple physical lines; to have
361 one logical comment span multiple lines, each line must use the
365 .Bd -literal -offset indent
366 // This is the start of a comment. The next line
367 // is a new comment, even though it is logically
368 // part of the previous comment.
371 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/devd.conf" -compact
372 .It Pa /etc/devd.conf
380 # This will catch link down events on the interfaces fxp0 and ath0
383 match "system" "IFNET";
384 match "subsystem" "(fxp0|ath0)";
385 match "type" "LINK_DOWN";
386 action "logger $subsystem is DOWN";
390 # Match lid open/close events
391 # These can be combined to a single event, by passing the
392 # value of $notify to the external script.
395 match "system" "ACPI";
396 match "subsystem" "Lid";
397 match "notify" "0x00";
398 action "logger Lid closed, we can sleep now!";
402 match "system" "ACPI";
403 match "subsystem" "Lid";
404 match "notify" "0x01";
405 action "logger Lid opened, the sleeper must awaken!";
409 # Try to configure ath and wi devices with pccard_ether
410 # as they are attached.
413 device-name "(ath|wi)[0-9]+";
414 action "/etc/pccard_ether $device-name start";
418 # Stop ath and wi devices as they are detached from
422 device-name "(ath|wi)[0-9]+";
423 action "/etc/pccard_ether $device-name stop";
429 has many additional examples.