device_probe_and_attach (9)

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(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man9/device_probe_and_attach.9freebsd".)

NAME

device_probe_and_attach - initialise a device

SYNOPSIS

In sys/param.h In sys/bus.h Ft int Fn device_probe_and_attach device_t dev

DESCRIPTION

This function is called during autoconfiguration to initialise the devices in the system. For each device, the DEVICE_PROBE9 method of each suitable driver is called and if a probe succeeds, a description of the device is printed and the DEVICE_ATTACH9 method is called. If the device is disabled using device_disable9 then it will not be probed.

RETURN VALUES

Zero is returned on success, otherwise an appropriate error is returned.

SEE ALSO

device(9), driver(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by An Doug Rabson .