Try to reword things a bit more to make it clearer.
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@ -51,10 +51,20 @@ becoming a daemon.
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is a system daemon that runs in the background all the time.
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Whenever a device is added to or removed from the device tree,
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.Nm
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will execute specified actions.
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In addition, when a device without a suitable driver loaded enters the system,
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will execute actions specified in
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.Xr devd.conf 5 .
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For example,
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.Nm
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will perform a different specified action.
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might execute
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.Xr dhclient 8
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when an ethernet adapter is added to the system and kill the
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.Xr dhclient 8
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instance when the same adapter is removed.
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Another example would be for
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.Nm
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to use a table to locate and load via
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.Xr kldload 8
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the proper driver for an unrecognized device that is added to the system.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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hooks into the
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