I am submitting the following self-review case,
with requested release binding of minor.
Problem
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The add_drv(1M) command to add a device driver to the system
provides a '-n' option to modify the various binding files only,
without causing the driver to be loaded and configured on the
running system.
Developers have requested that update_drv(1M) and rem_drv(1M)
also support this occasionally useful ability.
Proposal
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Add support for the '-n' argument to update_drv(1M) and rem_drv(1M),
to modify a system's binding files without communicating the
change to the running kernel.
Man page changes included.
NAME
update_drv - modify device driver attributes
SYNOPSIS
+ update_drv [-f | -v] [-n] driver_module
+ update_drv [-b basedir] [-f | -v] [-n] -a [-m 'permission']
[-i 'identify-name'] [-P 'privilege'] [-p 'policy'] driver_module
+ update_drv [-b basedir] [-f | -v] [-n] -d [-m 'permission']
[-i 'identify-name'] [-P 'privilege'] [-p 'policy'] driver_module
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
<....
+ -n Do not try to load and attach
+ device_driver, just modify the sys-
+ tem configuration files for the
+ device_driver.
+
NAME
rem_drv - remove a device driver from the system
SYNOPSIS
+ rem_drv [-b basedir] [-n] device_driver
+ -n Do not try to detach and unload
+ device_driver, just modify the sys-
+ tem configuration files for the
+ device_driver.
+
