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31.Dd June 16, 1998
32.Dt DEVICE_PROBE_AND_ATTACH 9
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm device_probe_and_attach
36.Nd initialise a device
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In sys/param.h
39.In sys/bus.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn device_probe_and_attach "device_t dev"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43This function is called during autoconfiguration to initialise the
44devices in the system.
45For each device, the
46.Xr DEVICE_PROBE 9
47method of each suitable driver is called and if a probe succeeds, a
48description of the device is printed and the
49.Xr DEVICE_ATTACH 9
50method is called.
51If the device is disabled using
52.Xr device_disable 9
53then it will not be probed.
54.Sh RETURN VALUES
55Zero is returned on success, otherwise an appropriate error is returned.
56.Sh SEE ALSO
57.Xr device 9 ,
58.Xr driver 9
59.Sh AUTHORS
60This manual page was written by
61.An Doug Rabson .