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+.\" $NetBSD: devpubd.8,v 1.7 2020/02/24 11:59:33 wiz Exp $
+.\"
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+.\" by Thomas Klausner.
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+.Dd February 24, 2020
+.Dt DEVPUBD 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm devpubd
+.Nd device publish daemon for automatic device node creation
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl 1f
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+listens on
+.Xr drvctl 4
+for new devices and creates their device nodes using
+.Xr MAKEDEV 8
+if they are missing.
+.Pp
+When
+.Fl f
+is specified,
+.Nm
+does not go into the background.
+With the option
+.Fl 1
+it will also exit after the initial setup of device nodes.
+.Pp
+.Nm
+runs
+.Pa /libexec/devpubd-run-hooks .
+This script runs each script found in
+.Pa /libexec/devpubd-hooks
+in a lexical order with two arguments:
+.Ar device-attach
+or
+.Ar device-detach
+and the device file name.
+The default installation supplies the
+.Pa 01-makedev
+script for creating a device node and the
+.Pa 02-wedgenames
+script for creating symlinks to wedge devices under /dev/wedges.
+Additional scripts may be added for other dynamic device actions.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr drvctl 8 ,
+.Xr MAKEDEV 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm
+utility appeared in
+.Nx 6.0 .