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udevd: convert to event worker processes
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                 and always return immediately.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term><option>--seq-start=<replaceable>seqnum</replaceable></option></term>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>Wait only for events after the given sequence number.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term><option>--seq-end=<replaceable>seqnum</replaceable></option></term>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>Wait only for events before the given sequence number.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term><option>--exit-if-exists=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>Stop waiting if file exists.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Do not print any output, like the remaining queue entries when reachin the timeout.</para>
+                <para>Do not print any output, like the remaining queue entries when reaching the timeout.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
             <varlistentry>
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>--reload-rules</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules from the config.</para>
+                <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules files.
+                The udev daemon detects changes automatically, this option is
+                usually not needed. Reloading rules does not apply any changes
+                to already existing devices.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
             <varlistentry>
         </refsect2>
 
         <refsect2><title>udevadm test <optional>options</optional> <replaceable>devpath</replaceable></title>
-          <para>Simulate a udev event run for the given device, and print out debug
-          output. Unless forced to, no device node or symlink will be created.</para>
+          <para>Simulate a udev event run for the given device, and print debug output.</para>
           <variablelist>
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>--action=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term>
                 <para>The subsystem string.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
-            <varlistentry>
-              <term><option>--force</option></term>
-              <listitem>
-                <para>Force the creation of a device node or symlink. Usually the test run
-                prints only debug output.</para>
-              </listitem>
-            </varlistentry>
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>--help</option></term>
               <listitem>