<para>The udev rules are read from the files located in the
default rules directory <filename>/lib/udev/rules.d/</filename>,
the custom rules directory <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/</filename>
- and the temporary rules directory <filename>/dev/.udev/rules.d/</filename>.
+ and the temporary rules directory <filename>/var/run/udev/rules.d/</filename>.
All rule files are sorted and processed in lexical order, regardless
in which of these directories they live. Files in
<filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/</filename> have precedence over files with
<term><option>NAME</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>The name, a network interface should be renamed to. Or as
- a temporary workaraound, the name a device node should be named.
+ a temporary workaround, the name a device node should be named.
Usually the kernel provides the defined node name, or even creates
and removes the node before udev even receives any event. Changing
the node name from the kernel's default creates inconsistencies
<term><option>WAIT_FOR</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Wait for a file to become available or until a 10
- seconds timeout expires.</para>
+ seconds timeout expires. The path is relative to the sysfs device,
+ i. e. if no path is specified this waits for an attribute to appear.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<listitem>
<para>The value of a sysfs attribute found at the device, where
all keys of the rule have matched. If the matching device does not have
- such an attribute, follow the chain of parent devices and use the value
- of the first attribute that matches.
+ such an attribute, and a previous KERNELS, SUBSYSTEMS, DRIVERS, or
+ ATTRS test selected a parent device, use the attribute from that
+ parent device.
If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the symlink target is
returned as the value.</para>
</listitem>