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28.Dd February 5, 2015
29.Dt DEVCTL 8
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm devctl
33.Nd device control utility
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm
36.Cm attach
37.Ar device
38.Nm
39.Cm detach
40.Op Fl f
41.Ar device
42.Nm
43.Cm disable
44.Op Fl f
45.Ar device
46.Nm
47.Cm enable
48.Ar device
49.Nm
50.Cm suspend
51.Ar device
52.Nm
53.Cm resume
54.Ar device
55.Nm
56.Cm set driver
57.Op Fl f
58.Ar device driver
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The
61.Nm
62utility adjusts the state of individual devices in the kernel's
63internal device hierarchy.
64Each invocation of
65.Nm
66consists of a single command followed by command-specific arguments.
67Each command operates on a single device specified via the
68.Ar device
69argument.
70The
71.Ar device
72may be specified either as the name of an existing device or as a
73bus-specific address.
74More details on supported address formats can be found in
75.Xr devctl 3 .
76.Pp
77The following commands are supported:
78.Bl -tag -width indent
79.It Cm attach Ar device
80Force the kernel to re-probe the device.
81If a suitable driver is found,
82it is attached to the device.
83.It Xo Cm detach
84.Op Fl f
85.Ar device
86.Xc
87Detach the device from its current device driver.
88If the
89.Fl f
90flag is specified,
91the device driver will be detached even if the device is busy.
92.It Xo Cm disable
93.Op Fl f
94.Ar device
95.Xc
96Disable a device.
97If the device is currently attached to a device driver,
98the device driver will be detached from the device,
99but the device will retain its current name.
100If the
101.Fl f
102flag is specified,
103the device driver will be detached even if the device is busy.
104.It Cm enable Ar device
105Enable a device.
106The device will probe and attach if a suitable device driver is found.
107Note that this can re-enable a device disabled at boot time via a
108loader tunable.
109.It Cm suspend Ar device
110Suspend a device.
111This may include placing the device in a reduced power state.
112.It Cm resume device
113Resume a suspended device to a fully working state.
114.It Xo Cm set driver
115.Op Fl f
116.Ar device driver
117.Xc
118Force the device to use a device driver named
119.Ar driver .
120If the device is already attached to a device driver and the
121.Fl f
122flag is specified,
123the device will be detached from its current device driver before it is
124attached to the new device driver.
125If the device is already attached to a device driver and the
126.Fl f
127flag is not specified,
128the device will not be changed.
129.El
130.Sh SEE ALSO
131.Xr devctl 3 ,
132.Xr devinfo 8
133.Sh HISTORY
134The
135.Nm
136utility first appeared in
137.Fx 11.0 .
138