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Since [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=devctl&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+12.1-RELEASE+and+Ports devctl(4)] allows only one active reader, devd multiplexes it, forwarding all events to any number of connected clients.  Clients connect    by opening the SOCK_SEQPACKET UNIX domain socket at  '''/var/run/devd.seqpacket.pipe'''.
 
Since [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=devctl&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+12.1-RELEASE+and+Ports devctl(4)] allows only one active reader, devd multiplexes it, forwarding all events to any number of connected clients.  Clients connect    by opening the SOCK_SEQPACKET UNIX domain socket at  '''/var/run/devd.seqpacket.pipe'''.
  
==The Configuration File devd.conf==
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==The Configuration File==
  
 
A [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=devd&sektion=8&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+12.1-RELEASE+and+Ports 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.
 
A [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=devd&sektion=8&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+12.1-RELEASE+and+Ports 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:
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:96.5%;background:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #008000;text-align:left;padding: 10px"
 
|-
 
! scope="col" style="width: 100px;"|'''Name'''
 
! scope="col" style="width: 350px;"|'''Description'''
 
|-
 
|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  [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=devd&sektion=8&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+12.1-RELEASE+and+Ports  devd(8)].
 
|}
 
 
==More Information==
 
 
For more information read
 
* [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=devd.conf&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+12.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html the man page]
 
* [https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/blob/72df51e17ba0e1a0f94451b4bbfb338288c4625c/etc/devd.conf on GitHub]
 
  
 
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