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1 .Dd April 15, 2012
2 .Dt NLDEV 8
3 .Os
4 .
5 .Sh NAME
6 .Nm nldev
7 .Nd a simple netlink device manager
8 .
9 .Sh SYNOPSIS
10 .Nm
11 .Bk -words
12 .Op Fl h
13 .Op Fl d
14 .Op Fl b
15 .Op Fl k
16 .Op Fl u
17 .Op Fl f Ar subsystem
18 .Op Fl r Ar runpath
19 .Ek
20 .
21 .Sh DESCRIPTION
22 .Bd -filled
23 .Nm
24 is a simple netlink device manager. It does this by emulating
25 the behaviour of the hotplug system built into the Linux kernel.
26 The defaults are meant to fit to the mdev applet included in
27 busybox.
28 .Ed
29 .
30 .Sh OPTIONS
31 .Nm
32 options and default settings.
33 .Pp
34 .Bl -tag -width ".Fl test Ao Ar string Ac"
35 .
36 .It Fl b
37 Run in background.
38 .
39 .It Fl d
40 Turn on debug messages. This will not work in conjunction with
41 -b.
42 .
43 .It Fl f Ar subsystem
44 This option will filter for the subsystem key in a netlink message
45 and compare it to the subsystem string. On success runpath helper
46 will be run.
47 .
48 .It Fl h
49 Show usage.
50 .
51 .It Fl k
52 Only show netlink messages from the kernel.
53 .
54 .Bd -filled
55 .It Fl u
56 Only show netlink messages from libudev.
57 .
58 .It Fl r Ar runpath
59 This option specifies the runpath for the helper that is launched
60 on every received netlink event (default: /bin/mdev).
61 .El
62
63 If neither subsystem nor runpath is specified, uevents are processed
64 based on compiled-in config.
65 .
66 .Sh AUTHORS
67 See the LICENSE file for the authors of this software.
68 .
69 .Sh LICENSE
70 .Nm
71 is released under the MIT/X Consortium License.
72 .
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