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44.Dd October 25, 2006
45.Dt DEVD.CONF 5
46.Os
47.Sh NAME
48.Nm devd.conf
49.Nd configuration file for
50.Xr devd 8
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52.Ss General Syntax
53A
54.Xr devd 8
55configuration consists of two general features, statements
56and comments.
57All statements end with a semicolon.
58Many statements can contain substatements, which are also
59terminated with a semicolon.
60.Pp
61The following statements are supported:
62.Bl -tag -width ".Ic options"
63.It Ic attach
64Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when
65a newly attached device matches said criteria.
66.It Ic detach
67Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when
68a newly detached device matches said criteria.
69.It Ic nomatch
70Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when
71no device driver currently loaded in the kernel claims a (new)
72device.
73.It Ic notify
74Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when the kernel
75sends an event notification to userland.
76.It Ic options
77Specifies various options and parameters for the operation of
78.Xr devd 8 .
79.El
80.Pp
81Statements may occur in any order in the configuration file, and may be
82repeated as often as required.
83Further details on the syntax and meaning of each statement and their
84substatements are explained below.
85.Pp
86Each statement, except
87.Ic options
88has a priority (an arbitrary number) associated with it, where
89.Ql 0
90is defined as the lowest priority.
91If two statements match the same event, only the action of the statement with
92highest priority will be executed.
93In this way generic statements can be overridden for devices or
94notifications that require special attention.
95.Pp
96The general syntax of a statement is:
97.Pp
98.Bd -literal -offset indent
99statement priority {
100	substatement "value";
101	...
102	substatement "value";
103};
104.Ed
105.Ss Sub-statements
106The following sub-statements are supported within the
107.Ic options
108statement.
109.Bl -tag -width ".Ic directory"
110.It Ic directory Qq Ar /some/path ;
111Adds the given directory to the list of directories from which
112.Xr devd 8
113will read
114configuration files.
115Any number of
116.Ic directory
117statements can be used.
118.It Ic pid-file Qq Pa /var/run/devd.pid ;
119Specifies PID file.
120.It Ic set Ar regexp-name Qq Ar (some|regexp) ;
121Creates a regular expression and assigns it to the variable
122.Ar regexp-name .
123The variable is avaiable throughout the rest of
124the configuration file.
125All regular expressions have an implicit
126.Ql ^$
127around them.
128.El
129.Pp
130The following sub-statements are supported within the
131.Ic attach
132and
133.Ic detach
134statements.
135.Bl -tag -width ".Ic directory"
136.It Ic action Qq Ar command ;
137Command to execute upon a successful match.
138Example
139.Dq Li "/etc/pccard_ether $device-name start" .
140.It Ic class Qq Ar string ;
141This is shorthand for
142.Dq Ic match Qo Li class Qc Qq Ar string .
143.It Ic device-name Qq string ;
144This is shorthand for
145.Dq Ic match Qo Li device-name Qc Qq Ar string .
146This matches a device named
147.Ar string ,
148which is allowed to be a regular expression or a variable previously created
149containing a regular expression.
150The
151.Dq Li device-name
152variable
153is available for later use with the
154.Ic action
155statement.
156.It Ic match Qo Ar variable Qc Qq Ar value ;
157Matches the content of
158.Ar value
159against
160.Ar variable ;
161the content of
162.Ar value
163may be a regular expression.
164Not required during
165.Ic attach
166nor
167.Ic detach
168events since the
169.Ic device-name
170statement takes care of all device matching.
171For a partial list of variables, see below.
172.It Ic media-type Qq Ar string ;
173For network devices,
174.Ic media-type
175will match devices that have the given media type.
176Valid media types are:
177.Dq Li Ethernet ,
178.Dq Li Tokenring ,
179.Dq Li FDDI ,
180.Dq Li 802.11 ,
181.Dq Li ATM ,
182and
183.Dq Li CARP .
184.It Ic subdevice Qq Ar string ;
185This is shorthand for
186.Dq Ic match Qo Li subdevice Qc Qq Ar string .
187.El
188.Pp
189The following sub-statements are supported within the
190.Ic nomatch
191statement.
192.Bl -tag -width ".Ic directory"
193.It Ic action Qq Ar command ;
194Same as above.
195.It Ic match Qo Ar variable Qc Qq Ar value ;
196Matches the content of
197.Ar value
198against
199.Ar variable ;
200the content of
201.Ar value
202may be a regular expression.
203For a partial list of variables, see below.
204.El
205.Pp
206The following sub-statements are supported within the
207.Ic notify
208statement.
209The
210.Dq Li notify
211variable is avaiable inside this statement and contains, a value, depending
212on which system and subsystem that delivered the event.
213.Bl -tag -width ".Ic directory"
214.It Ic action Qq Ar command ;
215Command to execute upon a successful match.
216Example
217.Dq Li "/etc/rc.d/power_profile $notify" .
218.It Ic match Qo Ar system | subsystem | type | notify Qc Qq Ar value ;
219Any number of
220.Ic match
221statements can exist within a
222.Ic notify
223statement;
224.Ar value
225can be either a fixed string or a regular expression.
226Below is a list of avaiable systems, subsystems, and types.
227.It Ic media-type Qq Ar string ;
228See above.
229.El
230.Ss Variables that can be used with the match statement
231A partial list of variables and their possible values that can be used together
232with the
233.Ic match
234statement.
235.Pp
236.Bl -tag -width ".Li manufacturer" -compact
237.It Ic Variable
238.Ic Description
239.It Li bus
240Device name of parent bus.
241.It Li cisproduct
242CIS-product.
243.It Li cisvendor
244CIS-vendor.
245.It Li class
246Device class.
247.It Li device
248Device ID.
249.It Li device-name
250Name of attached/detached device.
251.It Li function
252Card functions.
253.It Li manufacturer
254Manufacturer ID (pccard).
255.It Li notify
256Match the value of the
257.Dq Li notify
258variable.
259.It Li product
260Product ID (pccard).
261.It Li serial
262Serial Number (USB).
263.It Li slot
264Card slot.
265.It Li subvendor
266Sub-vendor ID.
267.It Li subdevice
268Sub-device ID.
269.It Li subsystem
270Matches a subsystem of a system, see below.
271.It Li system
272Matches a system type, see below.
273.It Li type
274Type of notification, see below.
275.It Li vendor
276Vendor ID.
277.El
278.Ss Notify matching
279A partial list of systems, subsystems, and types used within the
280.Ic notify
281mechanism.
282.Pp
283.Bl -tag -width ".Li IFNET" -compact
284.It Sy System
285.It Li ACPI
286Events related to the ACPI subsystem.
287.Bl -tag -width ".Sy Subsystem" -compact
288.It Sy Subsystem
289.It Li ACAD
290AC line state ($notify=0x00 is offline, 0x01 is online).
291.It Li Button
292Button state ($notify=0x00 is power, 0x01 is sleep).
293.It Li CMBAT
294Battery events.
295.It Li Lid
296Lid state ($notify=0x00 is closed, 0x01 is open).
297.It Li Thermal
298Thermal zone events.
299.El
300.Pp
301.It Li IFNET
302Events related to the network subsystem.
303.Bl -tag -width ".Sy Subsystem" -compact
304.It Sy Subsystem
305.It Ar interface
306The
307.Dq subsystem
308is the actual name of the network interface on which the event
309took place.
310.Bl -tag -width ".Li LINK_DOWN" -compact
311.It Sy Type
312.It Li LINK_UP
313Carrier status changed to UP.
314.It Li LINK_DOWN
315Carrier status changed to DOWN.
316.El
317.El
318.El
319.Pp
320A link state change to UP on the interface
321.Dq Li fxp0
322would result in the following notify event:
323.Bd -literal -offset indent
324system=IFNET, subsystem=fxp0, type=LINK_UP
325.Ed
326.Pp
327An AC line state change to
328.Dq offline
329would result in the following event:
330.Bd -literal -offset indent
331system=ACPI, subsystem=ACAD, notify=0x00
332.Ed
333.Ss Comments
334Comments may appear anywhere that whitespace may appear in a
335configuration file.
336To appeal to programmers of all kinds, they can
337be written in C, C++, or shell/Perl constructs.
338.Pp
339C-style comments start with the two characters
340.Ql /*
341(slash, star) and end with
342.Ql */
343(star, slash).
344Because they are completely delimited with these characters,
345they can be used to comment only a portion of a line or to span
346multiple lines.
347.Pp
348C-style comments cannot be nested.
349For example, the following is
350not valid because the entire comment ends with the first
351.Ql */ :
352.Bd -literal -offset indent
353/* This is the start of a comment.
354   This is still part of the comment.
355/* This is an incorrect attempt at nesting a comment. */
356   This is no longer in any comment. */
357.Ed
358.Pp
359C++-style comments start with the two characters
360.Ql //
361(slash, slash) and continue to the end of the physical line.
362They cannot be continued across multiple physical lines; to have
363one logical comment span multiple lines, each line must use the
364.Ql //
365pair.
366For example:
367.Bd -literal -offset indent
368// This is the start of a comment.  The next line
369// is a new comment, even though it is logically
370// part of the previous comment.
371.Ed
372.Sh FILES
373.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/devd.conf" -compact
374.It Pa /etc/devd.conf
375The
376.Xr devd 8
377configuration file.
378.El
379.Sh EXAMPLES
380.Bd -literal
381#
382# This will catch link down events on the interfaces fxp0 and ath0
383#
384notify 0 {
385	match "system"			"IFNET";
386	match "subsystem"		"(fxp0|ath0)";
387	match "type"			"LINK_DOWN";
388	action "logger $subsystem is DOWN";
389};
390
391#
392# Match lid open/close events
393# These can be combined to a single event, by passing the
394# value of $notify to the external script.
395#
396notify 0 {
397	match "system"			"ACPI";
398	match "subsystem"		"Lid";
399	match "notify"			"0x00";
400	action "logger Lid closed, we can sleep now!";
401};
402
403notify 0 {
404	match "system"			"ACPI";
405	match "subsystem"		"Lid";
406	match "notify"			"0x01";
407	action "logger Lid opened, the sleeper must awaken!";
408};
409
410#
411# Try to configure ath and wi devices with pccard_ether
412# as they are attached.
413#
414attach 0 {
415        device-name "(ath|wi)[0-9]+";
416        action "/etc/pccard_ether $device-name start";
417};
418
419#
420# Stop ath and wi devices as they are detached from
421# the system.
422#
423detach 0 {
424        device-name "(ath|wi)[0-9]+";
425        action "/etc/pccard_ether $device-name stop";
426};
427.Ed
428.Pp
429The installed
430.Pa /etc/devd.conf
431has many additional examples.
432.Sh SEE ALSO
433.Xr devd 8
434