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udevd: add --verbose option to log also to stdout
[elogind.git] / udev.xml
index 01e9d522ed4d5f2b29499f875b565b65d1c3fa46..852ae039e7117282ab5f0fae8d46ef8ef5317d07 100644 (file)
--- a/udev.xml
+++ b/udev.xml
             </varlistentry>
 
             <varlistentry>
-              <term><option>KERNEL</option></term>
+              <term><option>DEVPATH</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Match the name of the device.</para>
+                <para>Match the devpath of the event device.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
             <varlistentry>
-              <term><option>DEVPATH</option></term>
+              <term><option>KERNEL</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Match the devpath of the device.</para>
+                <para>Match the name of the event device.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>SUBSYSTEM</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Match the subsystem of the device.</para>
+                <para>Match the subsystem of the event device.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+<!--
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term><option>DRIVER</option></term>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>Match the driver name of the event device. Only set for devices created by a bus driver.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+-->
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term><option>ATTR{<replaceable>filename</replaceable>}</option></term>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>Match sysfs attribute values of the event device. Up to five
+                <option>ATTR</option> keys can be specified per rule. Trailing
+                whitespace in the attribute values is ignored, if the specified match
+                value does not contain trailing whitespace itself. Depending on the type
+                of operator, this key is also used to set the value of a sysfs attribute.
+                </para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
             <varlistentry>
-              <term><option>BUS</option></term>
+              <term><option>KERNELS</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Search the devpath upwards for a matching device subsystem name.</para>
+                <para>Search the devpath upwards for a matching device name.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
             <varlistentry>
-              <term><option>DRIVER</option></term>
+              <term><option>SUBSYSTEMS</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Search the devpath upwards for a matching device driver name.</para>
+                <para>Search the devpath upwards for a matching device subsystem name.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
             <varlistentry>
-              <term><option>ID</option></term>
+              <term><option>DRIVERS</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Search the devpath upwards for a matching device name.</para>
+                <para>Search the devpath upwards for a matching device driver name.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
             <varlistentry>
-              <term><option>SYSFS{<replaceable>filename</replaceable>}</option></term>
+              <term><option>ATTRS{<replaceable>filename</replaceable>}</option></term>
               <listitem>
                 <para>Search the devpath upwards for a device with matching sysfs attribute values.
-                Up to five <option>SYSFS</option> keys can be specified per rule. All attributes
+                Up to five <option>ATTRS</option> keys can be specified per rule. All attributes
                 must match on the same device. Trailing whitespace in the attribute values is ignored,
                 if the specified match value does not contain trailing whitespace itself.</para>
               </listitem>
               <term><option>ENV{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</option></term>
               <listitem>
                 <para>Match against the value of an environment variable. Up to five <option>ENV</option>
-                keys can be specified per rule. This key can also be used to export a variable to
-                the environment.</para>
+                keys can be specified per rule. Depending on the type of operator, this key is also used
+                to export a variable to the environment.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term><option>ATTR{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</option></term>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>The value that should be written to a sysfs attribute of the
+                event device. Depending on the type of operator, this key is also
+                used to match against the value of a sysfs attribute.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>ENV{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Export a variable to the environment. This key can also be used to match
-                against an environment variable.</para>
+                <para>Export a variable to the environment. Depending on the type of operator,
+                this key is also to match against an environment variable.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
               <term><option>$id</option>, <option>%b</option></term>
               <listitem>
                 <para>The name of the device matched while searching the devpath upwards for
-                  <option>BUS</option>, <option>ID</option> <option>DRIVER</option> and <option>SYSFS</option>.
+                  <option>SUBSYSTEMS</option>, <option>KERNELS</option>, <option>DRIVERS</option> and <option>ATTRS</option>.
                 </para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
             <varlistentry>
-              <term><option>$sysfs{<replaceable>file</replaceable>}</option>, <option>%s{<replaceable>file</replaceable>}</option></term>
+              <term><option>$attr{<replaceable>file</replaceable>}</option>, <option>%s{<replaceable>file</replaceable>}</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>The value of a sysfs attribute found at the current or a parent device.</para>
+                <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, all devices along the chain of parents are searched
+                for a matching attribute.
+                If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the symlink target is
+                returned as the value.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>