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authorwiz <wiz@NetBSD.org>2011-08-29 14:21:50 +0000
committerwiz <wiz@NetBSD.org>2011-08-29 14:21:50 +0000
commitbe03af419712624b6a19480e5bf5659027ab3790 (patch)
treefea2e88cb781940a43a2849e3bc0178349113f08 /sbin/devpubd/devpubd.8
parent2a59e9cc6300bfae68682e43dc0fa26e453dc3c7 (diff)
Add minimal devpubd man page, not hooked into the build yet.
XXX: someone should write drvctl(4)
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+.\" $NetBSD: devpubd.8,v 1.1 2011/08/29 14:21:50 wiz Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2011 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
+.\" by Thomas Klausner.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
+.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
+.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
+.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.Dd August 29, 2011
+.Dt DEVPUBD 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm devpubd
+.Nd device publish daemon for automatic device node creation
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl f
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+listens on
+.Xr drvctl 4
+for new devices and creates their device nodes using
+.Xr MAKEDEV 8
+if they are missing.
+.Pp
+When
+.Fl f
+is specified,
+.Nm
+does not go into the background.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr drvctl 8 ,
+.Xr MAKEDEV 8