Neutrino uses a device enumerator manager process, enum-devices, to detect all known hardware devices on the system and to start the appropriate drivers and managers.
It's called by the /etc/rc.d/rc.devices script, which /etc/system/sysinit invokes.
The enum-devices manager uses a series of configuration files to specify actions to take when the system detects specific hardware devices. After it reads the configuration file(s), enum-devices queries its various enumerators to discover what devices are on the system. It then matches these devices against the device IDs listed in the configuration files. If the device matches, the action clauses associated with the device are executed. You can find the enumerator configuration files in the /etc/system/enum directory.
For example, the /etc/system/enum/devices/net file includes commands to detect network devices, start the appropriate drivers, and then start netmanager to configure the TCP/IP parameters, using the settings in /etc/net.cfg.
Here's some sample code from a configuration file:
device(pci, ven=2222, dev=1111)
uniq(sernum, devc-ser, 1)
driver(devc-ser8250, "-u$(sernum) $(ioport1),$(irq)" )
This code directs the enumerator to do the following when it detects device 1111 from vender 2222:
To detect new hardware or specify any additional options, you can extend the enumerator configuration files in the following ways:
as described below.
The enumerator reads and concatenates the contents of all configuration files under the chosen directory before it starts processing.
For details on the different command-line options and a description of the syntax for the configuration files, see enum-devices in the Utilities Reference.