System Administration Commands

devfsadm(1M) System Administration Commands  devfsadm(1M)


NAME
       devfsadm, devfsadmd - administration command for /dev


SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/devfsadm [-C] [-c device_class] [-i driver_name]
   [ -n] [-r root_dir] [-s] [-t table_file] [-v]


       /usr/lib/devfsadm/devfsadmd


DESCRIPTION
       devfsadm(1M)  maintains the  /dev  namespace. It replaces the previous
       suite of devfs administration tools including drvconfig(1M), disks(1M),
       tapes(1M), ports(1M), audlinks(1M), and devlinks(1M).


       The  default operation is to attempt to load every driver in the system
       and attach to all possible device  instances.  Next,  devfsadm  creates
       logical links to device nodes in /dev and /devices and loads the device
       policy.


       devfsadmd(1M) is the daemon version  of devfsadm(1M).  The  daemon  is
       started during system startup  and  is responsible for handling both
       reconfiguration boot processing and  updating  /dev  and  /devices  in
       response  to  dynamic reconfiguration event notifications from the ker-
       nel.


       For  compatibility  purposes,  drvconfig(1M),   disks(1M),   tapes(1M),
       ports(1M),  audlinks(1M),  and devlinks(1M) are implemented as links to
       devfsadm.


       In  addition  to   managing   /dev,   devfsadm also   maintains   the
       path_to_inst(4) database.


OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:


       -C  Cleanup  mode.  Prompt  devfsadm to cleanup dangling
 /dev links that are not normally removed. If the  -c
 option is also used, devfsadm only cleans up for the
 listed devices' classes.


       -c device_class  Restrict   operations   to devices    of class
 device_class.  Solaris  defines the following values
 for  device_class:  disk,  tape,  port,  audio,  and
 pseudo.  This  option  might be specified more than
 once to specify multiple device classes.


       -i driver_name  Configure only the devices  for  the named  driver,
 driver_name.


       -n  Do  not  attempt to load drivers or add new nodes to
 the kernel device tree.


       -s  Suppress any changes to /dev. This  is  useful  with
 the -v option for debugging.


       -t table_file  Read an  alternate  devlink.tab file. devfsadm nor-
 mally reads /etc/devlink.tab.


       -r root_dir  Presume that the  /dev  directory  trees  are  found
 under  root_dir,  not  directly  under  root (/). No
 other use or assumptions are made about root_dir.


       -v  Print changes to /dev in verbose mode.


EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:


       0    Successful completion.


       1    An error occurred.


FILES
       /devices


  device nodes directory


       /dev


  logical symbolic links to /devices


       /usr/lib/devfsadm/devfsadmd


  devfsadm daemon


       /dev/.devfsadm_dev.lock


  update lock file


       /dev/.devfsadm_daemon.lock


  daemon lock file


       /etc/security/device_policy


  device policy file


       /etc/security/extra_privs


  additional device privileges


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE     |    ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability     |SUNWcsu   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+


SEE ALSO
       svcs(1),   add_drv(1M), modinfo(1M), modload(1M), modunload(1M),
       rem_drv(1M),  svcadm(1M),  tapes(1M),  path_to_inst(4), attributes(5),
       privileges(5), smf(5), devfs(7FS)


NOTES
       This document does not constitute an API. The /devices directory  might
       not  exist  or  might  have  different contents or interpretations in a
       future release. The existence of this notice does not  imply  that  any
       other documentation that lacks this notice constitutes an API.


       devfsadm no longer manages the /devices name space. See devfs(7FS).


       The  device  configuration service is managed by the service management
       facility, smf(5), under the service identifier, and  can  be  used  to
       start devfsadm during reconfiguration boot by:


svc:/system/device/local:default


       Otherwise, devfsadm is started by:


svc:/system/sysevent:default


       Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
       requesting restart, can be performed using  svcadm(1M). The  service's
       status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.

SunOS 5.11  23 Jun 2008  devfsadm(1M)

http://www.unix.com/man-page/OpenSolaris/1m/devfsadm/