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@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +.Dd April 15, 2012 +.Dt NLDEV 8 +.Os +. +.Sh NAME +.Nm nldev +.Nd a simple netlink device manager +. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Bk -words +.Op Fl h +.Op Fl d +.Op Fl b +.Op Fl k +.Op Fl u +.Op Fl f Ar subsystem +.Op Fl r Ar runpath +.Ek +. +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bd -filled +.Nm +is a simple netlink device manager. It does this by emulating +the behaviour of the hotplug system built into the Linux kernel. +The defaults are meant to fit to the mdev applet included in +busybox. +.Ed +. +.Sh OPTIONS +.Nm +options and default settings. +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width ".Fl test Ao Ar string Ac" +. +.It Fl b +Run in background. +. +.It Fl d +Turn on debug messages. This will not work in conjunction with +-b. +. +.It Fl f Ar subsystem +This option will filter for the subsystem key in a netlink message +and compare it to the subsystem string. +. +.It Fl h +Show usage. +. +.It Fl k +Only show netlink messages from the kernel. +. +.Bd -filled +.It Fl u +Only show netlink messages from libudev. +. +.It Fl r Ar runpath +This option specifies the runpath for the helper that is launched +on every received netlink event (default: /bin/mdev). +.El +. +.Sh AUTHORS +See LICENSE file for authors in the distribution. +. +.Sh LICENSE +.Nm +is released under the MIT/X Consortium License. +. + |