syseventd(1M)

NAME

     syseventd - kernel system event notification daemon

SYNOPSIS

     /usr/lib/sysevent/syseventd [-d debug_level] [-r rootdir]

DESCRIPTION

     syseventd is a user-level daemon that  accepts  delivery  of
     system  event  buffers from the kernel. Once an event buffer
     has been delivered to syseventd, it, in  turn,  attempts  to
     propagate the event to all interested end event subscribers.

     Event subscribers take the  form  of  a  syseventd  loadable
     module  (SLM).  syseventd passes the event buffer to each of
     its subscribers and in return expects a notification  as  to
     the successful or unsuccessful delivery attempt.

     Upon  successful  delivery  of  the  event  buffer  to   all
     interested  event  subscribers,  syseventd  frees  the event
     buffer from the kernel event queue.

OPTIONS

     The following options are supported:

     -d debug_level
           Enable debug mode. Messages are printed to the  invok-
           ing user's terminal.

     -r rootdir
           Cause syseventd to use an  alternate  root  path  when
           creating  its door and lock files. Modules continue to
           be loaded from the standard module directories.

EXIT STATUS

     The following exit values are returned:

     0     Successful completion.

     non-zero
           An error occurred.

FILES

     /etc/init.d/devfsadm
           daemon start and stop script

     /etc/rcS.d/S50devfsadm
           link to init.d script

     /etc/rc0.d/K83devfsadm
           link to init.d script

     /etc/sysevent/syseventd_daemon.lock
           daemon lock file

     /etc/sysevent/sysevent_door
           kernel to syseventd door file

     /usr/lib/sysevent/modules
           SLM directory repository

     /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/sysevent/modules
           SLM directory repository

     /usr/platform/`uname -m`/lib/sysevent/modules
           SLM directory repository

ATTRIBUTES

     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO

     syseventconfd(1M), attributes(5)