DEVD.CONF(5)

NAME
devd.conf - configuration file for devd(8)

DESCRIPTION

  General Syntax
A devd(8) configuration consists of two general features, statements and comments. All statements end with a semicolon. Many statements can contain substatements, which are also terminated with a semicolon.

The following statements are supported:

attach
    Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when a newly attached device matches said criteria.

detach
    Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when a newly detached device matches said criteria.

nomatch
    Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when no device driver currently loaded in the kernel claims a (new) device.

notify
    Specifies various matching criteria and actions to perform when the kernel sends an event notification to userland.

options
    Specifies various options and parameters for the operation of devd(8).

Statements may occur in any order in the configuration file, and may be repeated as often as required. Further details on the syntax and meaning of each statement and their substatements are explained below.

Each statement, except options has a priority (an arbitrary number) associated with it, where ‘0’ is defined as the lowest priority. If two statements match the same event, only the action of the statement with highest priority will be executed. In this way generic statements can be overridden for devices or notifications that require special attention.

The general syntax of a statement is:

    statement priority {
    	substatement "value";
    	...
    	substatement "value";
    };

  Sub-statements
The following sub-statements are supported within the options statement.

directory "/some/path";
    Adds the given directory to the list of directories from which devd(8) will read all files named "*.conf" as further configuration files. Any number of directory statements can be used.

pid-file "/var/run/devd.pid";
    Specifies PID file.

set regexp-name "(some|regexp)";
    Creates a regular expression and assigns it to the variable regexp-name. The variable is available throughout the rest of the configuration file. If the string begins with ‘’!, it matches if the regular expression formed by the rest of the string does not match. All regular expressions have an implicit ‘^$’ around them.

The following sub-statements are supported within the attach and detach statements.

action "command";
    Command to execute upon a successful match. Example “/etc/pccard_ether $device-name start”.

class "string";
    This is shorthand for “match "class" "string"”.

device-name "string";
    This is shorthand for “match "device-name" "string"”. This matches a device named string, which is allowed to be a regular expression or a variable previously created containing a regular expression. The “device-name” variable is available for later use with the action statement.

match "variable" "value";
    Matches the content of value against variable; the content of value may be a regular expression. Not required during attach nor detach events since the device-name statement takes care of all device matching. For a partial list of variables, see below.

media-type "string";
    For network devices, media-type will match devices that have the given media type. Valid media types are: “Ethernet”, “Tokenring”, “FDDI”, “802.11”, “ATM”, and “CARP”.

subdevice "string";
    This is shorthand for “match "subdevice" "string"”.

The following sub-statements are supported within the nomatch statement.

action "command";
    Same as above.

match "variable" "value";
    Matches the content of value against variable; the content of value may be a regular expression. For a partial list of variables, see below.

The following sub-statements are supported within the notify statement. The “notify” variable is available inside this statement and contains, a value, depending on which system and subsystem that delivered the event.

action "command";
    Command to execute upon a successful match. Example “/etc/rc.d/power_profile $notify”.

match "system | subsystem | type | notify" "value";
    Any number of match statements can exist within a notify statement; value can be either a fixed string or a regular expression. Below is a list of available systems, subsystems, and types.

media-type "string";
    See above.

  Variables that can be used with the match statement
A partial list of variables and their possible values that can be used together with the match statement.

Variable
    Description
bus Device name of parent bus.
cdev
    Device node path if one is created by the devfs(5) filesystem.
cisproduct
    CIS-product.
cisvendor
    CIS-vendor.
class
    Device class.
device
    Device ID.
devclass
    Device Class (USB)
devsubclass
    Device Sub-class (USB)
device-name
    Name of attached/detached device.
endpoints
    Endpoint count (USB)
function
    Card functions.
interface
    Interface ID (USB)
intclass
    Interface Class (USB)
intprotocol
    Interface Protocol (USB)
intsubclass
    Interface Sub-class (USB)
manufacturer
    Manufacturer ID (pccard).
mode
    Peripheral mode (USB)
notify
    Match the value of the “notify” variable.
parent
    Parent device
port
    Hub port number (USB)
product
    Product ID (pccard/USB).
release
    Hardware revision (USB)
sernum
    Serial Number (USB).
slot
    Card slot.
subvendor
    Sub-vendor ID.
subdevice
    Sub-device ID.
subsystem
    Matches a subsystem of a system, see below.
system
    Matches a system type, see below.
type
    Type of notification, see below.
vendor
    Vendor ID.

  Notify matching
A partial list of systems, subsystems, and types used within the notify mechanism.

System
ACPI
    Events related to the ACPI subsystem.
    Subsystem
    ACAD
        AC line state ($notify=0x00 is offline, 0x01 is online).
    Button
        Button state ($notify=0x00 is power, 0x01 is sleep).
    CMBAT
        Battery events.
    Lid Lid state ($notify=0x00 is closed, 0x01 is open).
    PROCESSOR
        Processor state/configuration ($notify=0x81 is a change in available Cx states).
    Thermal
        Thermal zone events.

IFNET
    Events related to the network subsystem.
    Subsystem
    interface
        The “subsystem” is the actual name of the network interface on which the event took place.
        Type
        LINK_UP
            Carrier status changed to UP.
        LINK_DOWN
            Carrier status changed to DOWN.
        ATTACH
            The network interface is attached to the system.
        DETACH
            The network interface is detached from the system.
DEVFS
    Events related to the devfs(5) filesystem.
    Subsystem
    CDEV
        Type
        CREATE
            The devfs(5) node is created.
        DESTROY
            The devfs(5) node is destroyed.
USB Events related to the USB subsystem.
    Subsystem
    DEVICE
        Type
        ATTACH
            USB device is attached to the system.
        DETACH
            USB device is detached from the system.
    INTERFACE
        Type
        ATTACH
            USB interface is attached to a device.
        DETACH
            USB interface is detached from a device.
coretemp
    Events related to the coretemp(4) device.
    Subsystem
    Thermal
        Notification that the CPU core has reached critical temperature.
        Type
        temperature
            String containing the temperature of the core that has become too hot.
kern
    Events related to the kernel.
    Subsystem
    power
        Information about the state of the system.
        Type
        resume
            Notification that the system has woken from the suspended state.

A link state change to UP on the interface “fxp0” would result in the following notify event:

    system=IFNET, subsystem=fxp0, type=LINK_UP

An AC line state change to “offline” would result in the following event:

    system=ACPI, subsystem=ACAD, notify=0x00

  Comments
Comments may appear anywhere that whitespace may appear in a configuration file. To appeal to programmers of all kinds, they can be written in C, C++, or shell/Perl constructs.

C-style comments start with the two characters ‘/*’ (slash, star) and end with ‘*/’ (star, slash). Because they are completely delimited with these characters, they can be used to comment only a portion of a line or to span multiple lines.

C-style comments cannot be nested. For example, the following is not valid because the entire comment ends with the first ‘*/’:

    /* This is the start of a comment.
       This is still part of the comment.
    /* This is an incorrect attempt at nesting a comment. */
       This is no longer in any comment. */

C++-style comments start with the two characters ‘//’ (slash, slash) and continue to the end of the physical line. They cannot be continued across multiple physical lines; to have one logical comment span multiple lines, each line must use the ‘//’ pair. For example:

    // This is the start of a comment.  The next line
    // is a new comment, even though it is logically
    // part of the previous comment.

FILES
/etc/devd.conf
    The devd(8) configuration file.

EXAMPLES

    #
    # This will catch link down events on the interfaces fxp0 and ath0
    #
    notify 0 {
    	match "system"			"IFNET";
    	match "subsystem"		"(fxp0|ath0)";
    	match "type"			"LINK_DOWN";
    	action "logger $subsystem is DOWN";
    };
    #
    # Match lid open/close events
    # These can be combined to a single event, by passing the
    # value of $notify to the external script.
    #
    notify 0 {
    	match "system"			"ACPI";
    	match "subsystem"		"Lid";
    	match "notify"			"0x00";
    	action "logger Lid closed, we can sleep now!";
    };
    notify 0 {
    	match "system"			"ACPI";
    	match "subsystem"		"Lid";
    	match "notify"			"0x01";
    	action "logger Lid opened, the sleeper must awaken!";
    };
    #
    # Match a USB device type
    #
    notify 0 {
    	match "system"			"USB";
    	match "subsystem"		"INTERFACE";
    	match "type"			"ATTACH";
    	match "intclass"		"0x0e";
    	action "logger USB video device attached";
    };
    #
    # Try to configure ath and wi devices with pccard_ether
    # as they are attached.
    #
    attach 0 {
            device-name "(ath|wi)[0-9]+";
            action "/etc/pccard_ether $device-name start";
    };
    #
    # Stop ath and wi devices as they are detached from
    # the system.
    #
    detach 0 {
            device-name "(ath|wi)[0-9]+";
            action "/etc/pccard_ether $device-name stop";
    };

The installed /etc/devd.conf has many additional examples.

SEE ALSO
coretemp(4), devfs(5), devd(8)