The pmf_device_register go appearing in most drivers is what is responsible for whitelisting drivers.
So something like this might do. Index: device-mapper.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/dev/dm/device-mapper.c,v retrieving revision 1.59 diff -u -r1.59 device-mapper.c --- device-mapper.c 22 Dec 2019 13:16:09 -0000 1.59 +++ device-mapper.c 14 Jan 2020 06:13:17 -0000 @@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ static void dm_attach(device_t parent, device_t self, void *aux) { + if (!pmf_device_register(self, NULL, NULL)) + aprint_error_dev(self, "couldn't establish power handler\n"); } /* @@ -259,6 +261,8 @@ { dm_dev_t *dmv; + pmf_device_deregister(self); + /* Detach device from global device list */ if ((dmv = dm_dev_detach(self)) == NULL) return ENOENT;