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29.Dd June 16, 1998
30.Dt DEVICE_PROBE_AND_ATTACH 9
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm device_probe_and_attach
34.Nd initialise a device
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/param.h
37.In sys/bus.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn device_probe_and_attach "device_t dev"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41This function is called during autoconfiguration to initialise the
42devices in the system.
43For each device, the
44.Xr DEVICE_PROBE 9
45method of each suitable driver is called and if a probe succeeds, a
46description of the device is printed and the
47.Xr DEVICE_ATTACH 9
48method is called.
49If the device is disabled using
50.Xr device_disable 9
51then it will not be probed.
52.Sh RETURN VALUES
53Zero is returned on success, otherwise an appropriate error is returned.
54.Sh SEE ALSO
55.Xr device 9 ,
56.Xr driver 9
57.Sh AUTHORS
58This manual page was written by
59.An Doug Rabson .
60