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diff --git a/doc/mdevd.html b/doc/mdevd.html index 2ef2dfb..3412253 100644 --- a/doc/mdevd.html +++ b/doc/mdevd.html @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ to running mdevd over mdev. </li> <h2> Interface </h2> <pre> - mdevd [ -v <em>verbosity</em> ] [ -D <em>notif</em> ] [ -o <em>outputfd</em> ] [ -b <em>kbufsz</em> ] [ -f <em>conffile</em> ] [ -n ] [ -s <em>slashsys</em> ] [ -d <em>slashdev</em> ] [ -F <em>fwbase</em> ] + mdevd [ -v <em>verbosity</em> ] [ -D <em>notif</em> ] [ -o <em>outputfd</em> ] [ -b <em>kbufsz</em> ] [ -f <em>conffile</em> ] [ -n ] [ -s <em>slashsys</em> ] [ -d <em>slashdev</em> ] [ -F <em>fwbase</em> ] [ -C ] </pre> <ul> @@ -124,6 +124,17 @@ are to be found in <em>slashdev</em>. Default is <tt>/dev</tt>. <li> <tt>-F</tt> <em>fwbase</em> : assume the firmware files, if any, are to be found in <em>fwbase</em>. Default is <tt>/lib/firmware</tt>. <em>fwbase</em> must be an absolute path. </li> + <li> <tt>-C</tt> : after initialization (when mdevd is ready), invoke +<a href="mdevd-coldplug.html">mdevd-coldplug</a>, so that a coldplug is +automatically performed when mdevd starts. This option should only be used +in situations where a drop-in replacement for <tt>mdev -d</tt> is needed, because +it has the drawback of performing a coldplug every time mdevd is started — +including when mdevd is killed and restarted. By default, mdevd does not perform +a coldplug when it starts, and it is up to the administrator to properly organize +their boot scripts to run <a href="mdevd-coldplug.html">mdevd-coldplug</a> once, +at boot time, when mdevd is ready. The <tt>examples/s6-rc</tt> subdirectory of +the mdevd package shows a way to do this with the +<a href="//skarnet.org/softwre/s6-rc/">s6-rc</a> service manager. </li> </ul> <h2> Configuration file </h2> |