Re: handling plugin events?

["Jeremy C. Reed" <reed%reedmedia.net@localhost>]

On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> Does NetBSD have an official way to trigger tasks to handle various 
> devices being plugged in?
> 
> Examples:
> 
> - when I insert a flash memory card (I am using sdmmc but not committed 
> yet), I'd like 1) the MSDOS file system to be mounted and 2) a popup 
> window (if in X11) to show it. (That popup window could be a image viewer; 
> or some tool to download, preview, and erase images; or a simple file 
> manager with image preview would be good enough.)
> 
> - insert a PCMCIA broadband card and pppd automatically run with the 
> correct configuration -- or if in X11 have a pop-up window asking if you 
> want to enable that networking.
> 
> - plug in a USB scanner: open xsane or other scanner software
> 
> - plug in a USB disk, mount the file system to be mounted and (if in 
> X11) popup a file manager pointing to it.
> 
> - CD inserted: if has file system, mount it and (if in X11) open a file 
> manager. If has audio tracks first, then if in X11, open a CD player 
> application.
> 
> - DVD inserted: if has file system, mount it and (if in X11) open a file 
> manager. If it is a video, then if in X11, open a DVD player application.
> 
> What technologies does NetBSD have to accomplish this? Or what has been 
> proposed for this?

I received a hint off-list (Thanks). I think this is it:
  
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2008/05/24/msg001455.html
and
http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/hal/
  
I don't know what has been committed yet and I don't find any end-user    
documentation (I guess be similar to /etc/powerd/).