Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:06:04 +0200 From: Jille <jille@quis.cx> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devctl (alike?) for devfs Message-ID: <480E533C.60301@quis.cx> In-Reply-To: <480E4269.2090604@icyb.net.ua> References: <480E4269.2090604@icyb.net.ua>
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Andriy Gapon wrote: > Maybe this is a crazy idea or maybe we already have something like this. > Is it possible to get notifications about changes in devfs - appearance > and disappearance of devices (in devfs sense of the word)? > devctl currently notifies about real (hardware) devices handled by > device drivers and some notifications about hardware/driver events. > But what if I want to automatically run some action if > /dev/ufs/magic-label appears? > Or if I want to monitor appearance and disappearance of ad* and da* > devices (without having to monitor low level drivers like umass)? > I don't know whether it is what you are looking for, but take a look at devd(8). -- Jille
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