[PATCH] add IGNORE rule type

[elogind.git] / udev.8

diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8
index eb772c9dbebd205cbe63b74fce5e0fc9a375ffa9..3eb4aecad27b8adbbe3f92f1709d214cb867b10c 100644 (file)
--- a/udev.8
+++ b/udev.8
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 udev \- Linux configurable dynamic device naming support
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .BI udev " hotplug-subsystem"
 udev \- Linux configurable dynamic device naming support
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .BI udev " hotplug-subsystem"

+.br
+.B udev
+.RI "[-q " sysfs_path "] [-rVh]"

 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .B udev
 creates or removes device node files usually located in the /dev directory.
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .B udev
 creates or removes device node files usually located in the /dev directory.


@@ -26,6 +29,27 @@ maintains a database for devices present on the system.
 On device removal,
 .B udev
 queries the internal database for the name of the device file to be deleted.
 On device removal,
 .B udev
 queries the internal database for the name of the device file to be deleted.

+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.B udev
+normally is called by
+.B hotplug
+with the subsystem as argument and various environment variables set.
+.br
+It may also called with the following options:
+.TP
+.B -V
+Print the version information.
+.TP
+.B -r
+Print the the
+.B udev
+root directory.
+.TP
+.BI -q " sysfs_path"
+Query with the sysfs path as argument for the name of the created device node.
+.TP
+.B -h
+Print help text.

 .SH "CONFIGURATION"
 All
 .B udev
 .SH "CONFIGURATION"
 All
 .B udev


@@ -137,9 +161,15 @@ device position on bus, like physical port of USB device
 string replacement of the kernel device name
 .br
 .RB "key: " KERNEL
 string replacement of the kernel device name
 .br
 .RB "key: " KERNEL

+.TP
+.B IGNORE
+tell udev to not care about creation of this device, e.g. because the
+device is already handled by another program
+.br
+.RB "key: " KERNEL

 .P
 The methods are applied in the following order:
 .P
 The methods are applied in the following order:

-.BR CALLOUT ", " LABEL ", " NUMBER ", " TOPOLOGY ", " REPLACE "."
+.BR IGNORE ", " CALLOUT ", " LABEL ", " NUMBER ", " TOPOLOGY ", " REPLACE "."

 .P
 .RB "The " NAME " ," SYMLINK " and " PROGRAM
 fields support simple printf-like string substitution:
 .P
 .RB "The " NAME " ," SYMLINK " and " PROGRAM
 fields support simple printf-like string substitution: