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30.Dd January 12, 2013
31.Dt DEVPUBD 8
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm devpubd
35.Nd device publish daemon for automatic device node creation
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm
38.Op Fl f
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40.Nm
41listens on
42.Xr drvctl 4
43for new devices and creates their device nodes using
44.Xr MAKEDEV 8
45if they are missing.
46.Pp
47When
48.Fl f
49is specified,
50.Nm
51does not go into the background.
52.Pp
53.Nm
54runs
55.Pa /libexec/devpubd-run-hooks .
56This script runs each script found in
57.Pa /libexec/devpubd-hooks
58in a lexical order with two arguments:
59.Ar device-attach
60or
61.Ar device-detach
62and the device file name.
63The default installation supplies the
64.Pa 01-makedev
65script for creating a device node and the
66.Pa 02-wedgenames
67script for creating symlinks to wedge devices under /dev/wedges.
68Additional scripts may be added for other dynamic device actions.
69.Sh SEE ALSO
70.Xr drvctl 8 ,
71.Xr MAKEDEV 8
72