HAL-DEVICE(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures HAL-DEVICE(8)
hal-device - manage HAL devices
hal-device [-h] [--a udi | --r udi]
The Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) provides a view of the various
hardware attached to a system. The hal-device command enables you to
manage devices that conform to the HAL standard. Specifically, hal-
device lets you add or remove a device to or from the HAL global
device list. Device properties are read from stdin in lshal(8)
syntax.
The following options are supported:
-a, --add udi
Add device specified by Universal Device
Identifier udi to HAL's global device list.
-h
Display usage information.
-r, --remove udi
Remove device specified by Universal Device
Identifier udi from HAL's global device list.
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Volatile |
+--------------------+-----------------+
attributes(7), hal(7), hald(8)
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NAME
hal-device - manage HAL devices
SYNOPSIS
hal-device [-h] [--a udi | --r udi]
DESCRIPTION
The Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) provides a view of the various
hardware attached to a system. The hal-device command enables you to
manage devices that conform to the HAL standard. Specifically, hal-
device lets you add or remove a device to or from the HAL global
device list. Device properties are read from stdin in lshal(8)
syntax.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-a, --add udi
Add device specified by Universal Device
Identifier udi to HAL's global device list.
-h
Display usage information.
-r, --remove udi
Remove device specified by Universal Device
Identifier udi from HAL's global device list.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Volatile |
+--------------------+-----------------+
SEE ALSO
attributes(7), hal(7), hald(8)
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