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.Dd June 16, 1998
.Dt DEVICE_PROBE_AND_ATTACH 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm device_probe_and_attach
.Nd initialise a device
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
.In sys/bus.h
.Ft int
.Fn device_probe_and_attach "device_t dev"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This function is called during autoconfiguration to initialise the
devices in the system.
For each device, the
.Xr DEVICE_PROBE 9
method of each suitable driver is called and if a probe succeeds, a
description of the device is printed and the
.Xr DEVICE_ATTACH 9
method is called.
If the device is disabled using
.Xr device_disable 9
then it will not be probed.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Zero is returned on success, otherwise an appropriate error is returned.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr device 9 ,
.Xr driver 9
.Sh AUTHORS
This manual page was written by
.An Doug Rabson .
