X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=udev%2Fudevd.xml;h=d335e2ec88b019e86a12ec936ec7eee3548909fe;hb=0e4fa2abfefd6fd955e8cada7caf2733dabc529e;hp=f6cd9864d1e1f2fa35e65bca16d5c6445aa911f7;hpb=8f7f1a2b521b91e94437423886fe542c690adb27;p=elogind.git diff --git a/udev/udevd.xml b/udev/udevd.xml index f6cd9864d..d335e2ec8 100644 --- a/udev/udevd.xml +++ b/udev/udevd.xml @@ -33,13 +33,16 @@ Description - udevd listens to kernel uevents and executes the instructions specified - in rules. On startup the content of the directory - /lib/udev/devices is copied to /dev. - If kernel modules specify static device nodes, these nodes are created - even wihtout a corresponding kernel device, to allow on-demand loading of kernel - modules. Matching permissions specified in udev rules are applied to these - static device nodes. The behavior of the running daemon can be changed with + udevd listens to kernel uevents. For every event, udevd executes matching + instructions specified in udev rules. See + udev7 + . + On startup the content of the directory /lib/udev/devices + is copied to /dev. If kernel modules specify static device + nodes, these nodes are created even without a corresponding kernel device, to + allow on-demand loading of kernel modules. Matching permissions specified in udev + rules are applied to these static device nodes. + The behavior of the running daemon can be changed with udevadm control.