device_enable(9)

device_enable9

Manipulate device enabled flag

Usage

#include <sys/param.h>

#include <sys/bus.h>

void

device_enable(device_t dev);

void

device_disable(device_t dev);

int

device_is_enabled(device_t dev);

Overview

Each device has an enabled flag associated with it. A device is enabled by default when it is created but may be disabled (for instance to prevent a destructive or time consuming probe attempt). To disable a device, call device_disable(), to re-enable it, call device_enable() and to test to see if a device is enabled, call device_is_enabled().

Authors

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson.

From freebsd-manpages 6.0-5 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.