Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 06:47:07 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: ob@e-Gitt.NET Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about devd concept Message-ID: <20030202.064707.11429179.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20030201182012.GC97784@e-Gitt.NET> References: <20030201182012.GC97784@e-Gitt.NET>
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Oliver Brandmueller <ob@e-Gitt.NET> writes:
: Hi,
:
: I'm currently experimenting with 5-CURRENT on my Notebook an have a
: question regarding the concept of devd.
:
: With 4-STABLE I had pccardd running. Whenever a pccard was inserted I
: had pccardd starting the corresponding scripts. I have configured devd
: to do so now (especially for my wavelan pccard). So far everything
: works, except for one case: When the pccard is already inserted during
: boot, devd does not recognize the card as newly inserted device (of
: course, it's already there). So I have currently setup a script in
: /usr/local/etc/rc.d which starts the script corresponding to the wavelan
: pccard, if interface wi0 is found during boot. I think this cannot be
: the considered solution for that problem?
:
: What am I missing about the concept of devd?
devd works for me when I have devices in my machine at boot. It does
run the start script for me. I just confirmed this on my machine. I
put my wi card in, booted and it picked up a dhcp address.
What script are you trying to run? What does your configuration file
look like?
Warner
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