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diff --git a/man/udev.xml b/man/udev.xml
index 101286699..b5c7cd4be 100644
--- a/man/udev.xml
+++ b/man/udev.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
names provide a way to reliably identify devices based on their properties or
current configuration.
- The udev daemon, udevd
+ The udev daemon, systemd-udevd.service8, receives device uevents directly from
the kernel whenever a device is added or removed from the system, or it changes its
state. When udev receives a device event, it matches its configured set of rules
@@ -64,14 +64,6 @@
It consists of a set of variables allowing the user to override default udev values.
The following variables can be set:
-
-
-
- Specifies where to place the device nodes in the filesystem.
- The default value is /dev.
-
-
-
@@ -287,6 +279,8 @@
successfully. The device properties are made available to the
executed program in the environment. The program's stdout
is available in the RESULT key.
+ This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. For details
+ see .
@@ -401,10 +395,12 @@
/usr/lib/udev, otherwise the absolute path must be specified. The program
name and following arguments are separated by spaces. Single quotes can
be used to specify arguments with spaces.
- This can only be used for very short running tasks. Running an
+ This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. Running an
event process for a long period of time may block all further events for
- this or a dependent device. Starting daemons or other long running processes
- is not appropriate for udev.
+ this or a dependent device.
+ Starting daemons or other long running processes is not appropriate
+ for udev; the forked processes, detached or not, will be unconditionally
+ killed after the event handling has finished.
@@ -470,6 +466,8 @@
+ This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. For details
+ see .
@@ -514,7 +512,7 @@
Apply the permissions specified in this rule to the static device node with
the specified name. Static device node creation can be requested by kernel modules.
- These nodes might not have a corresponding kernel device at the time udevd is
+ These nodes might not have a corresponding kernel device at the time systemd-udevd is
started; they can trigger automatic kernel module loading.
@@ -693,7 +691,7 @@
See Also
- udevd8
+ systemd-udevd.service8,
udevadm8