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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:43 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:43 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/devctl.4 3.html b/static/freebsd/man4/devctl.4 3.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ef6b602a --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man4/devctl.4 3.html @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@ +<table class="head"> + <tr> + <td class="head-ltitle">DEVCTL(4)</td> + <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td> + <td class="head-rtitle">DEVCTL(4)</td> + </tr> +</table> +<div class="manual-text"> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">devctl</code> — <span class="Nd">device + event reporting and device control interface</span></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The</p> +<br/> +<table class="Nm"> + <tr> + <td><code class="Nm">devctl</code></td> + <td>driver is automatically included in the kernel.</td> + </tr> +</table> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">devctl</code> device is used to report device + events from the kernel. Future versions will allow for some device control + as well.</p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="IMPLEMENTATION_NOTES"><a class="permalink" href="#IMPLEMENTATION_NOTES">IMPLEMENTATION + NOTES</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">This design allows only one reader for + <span class="Pa">/dev/devctl</span>. This is not desirable in the long run, + but will get a lot of hair out of this implementation. Maybe we should make + this device a clonable device.</p> +<p class="Pp">Also note: we specifically do not attach a device to the + <var class="Vt">device_t</var> tree to avoid potential chicken and egg + problems. One could argue that all of this belongs to the root node. One + could also further argue that the <a class="Xr">sysctl(3)</a> interface that + we have now might more properly be an <a class="Xr">ioctl(2)</a> + interface.</p> +<p class="Pp"><code class="Dv">SIGIO</code> support is included in the driver. + However, the author is not sure that the <code class="Dv">SIGIO</code> + support is done correctly. It was copied from a driver that had + <code class="Dv">SIGIO</code> support that likely has not been tested since + <span class="Ux">FreeBSD 3.4</span> or <span class="Ux">FreeBSD + 2.2.8</span>!</p> +<p class="Pp">The read channel for this device is used to report changes to + userland in realtime. We return one record at a time. If you try to read + this device a character at a time, you will lose the rest of the data. + Listening programs are expected to cope.</p> +<p class="Pp">The sysctl <var class="Va">hw.bus.devctl_queue</var> can be used + to control queue length. It is set to 0 to disable + <code class="Nm">devctl</code> when no <a class="Xr">devd(8)</a> is + running.</p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="PROTOCOL"><a class="permalink" href="#PROTOCOL">PROTOCOL</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">devctl</code> device uses an ASCII protocol. + The driver returns one record at a time to its readers. Each record is + terminated with a newline. The first character of the record is the event + type.</p> +<p class="Pp"></p> +<table class="Bl-column Bl-compact"> + <tr id="Type"> + <td><a class="permalink" href="#Type"><i class="Em">Type</i></a></td> + <td>Description</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>!</td> + <td>A notify event, such as a link state change.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>+</td> + <td>Device node in tree attached.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>-</td> + <td>Device node in tree detached.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>?</td> + <td>Unknown device detected.</td> + </tr> +</table> +<section class="Ss"> +<h2 class="Ss" id="Message_Formats"><a class="permalink" href="#Message_Formats">Message + Formats</a></h2> +<p class="Pp">Except for the first character in the record, attach and detach + messages have the same format.</p> +<p class="Pp"></p> +<div class="Bd Bd-indent"><var class="Ar">T</var><var class="Ar">dev</var> + <code class="Li">at</code> <var class="Ar">parent</var> + <code class="Li">on</code> <var class="Ar">location</var></div> +<p class="Pp"></p> +<table class="Bl-column Bl-compact"> + <tr id="Part"> + <td><a class="permalink" href="#Part"><i class="Em">Part</i></a></td> + <td>Description</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><var class="Ar">T</var></td> + <td>+ or -</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><var class="Ar">dev</var></td> + <td>The device name that was attached/detached.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><var class="Ar">parent</var></td> + <td>The device name of the parent bus that attached the device.</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td><var class="Ar">location</var></td> + <td>Bus specific location information.</td> + </tr> +</table> +<p class="Pp">The nomatch messages can be used to load devices driver. If you + load a device driver, then one of two things can happen. If the device + driver attaches to something, you will get a device attached message. If it + does not, then nothing will happen.</p> +<p class="Pp">The attach and detach messages arrive after the event. This means + one cannot use the attach message to load an alternate driver. The attach + message driver has already claimed this device. One cannot use the detach + messages to flush data to the device. The device is already gone.</p> +<p class="Pp">All values passed back are of the form ‘key=value’ + or ‘key="value"’. When the latter, the string + “value” must have any internal backslashes doubled. It must + also have any internal double quote characters ‘’ preceded by + a backslash. All other characters should be passed through.</p> +</section> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE + ALSO</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">devd(8)</a></p> +</section> +</div> +<table class="foot"> + <tr> + <td class="foot-date">September 21, 2020</td> + <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> + </tr> +</table> |
