[PATCH] kdetv wants to see device nodes in /dev

[elogind.git] / udevd.8

diff --git a/udevd.8 b/udevd.8
index 30adb94f2b358fee397cd428baab9c7b34274437..1de7a3cba2f7ae1a7085141c356f9566b9a6a128 100644 (file)
--- a/udevd.8
+++ b/udevd.8
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 .TH UDEVD 8 "February 2004" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 .TH UDEVD 8 "February 2004" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
 .SH NAME

-udevd \- udev event serializer daemon
-.br
-udevsend \- sends the event to udevd
+udevd, udevdsend \- udev event serializer daemon and udev event sender

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .BI udevsend " hotplug-subsystem"
 .sp
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .BI udevsend " hotplug-subsystem"
 .sp


@@ -23,19 +21,18 @@ If unset, the event bypasses the queue and will be executed immediately.
 allows the serialization of
 .BR hotplug (8)
 events. The events generated by the kernel may arrive in random order
 allows the serialization of
 .BR hotplug (8)
 events. The events generated by the kernel may arrive in random order

-in userspace, that makes it neccessary to reorder it.
+in userspace, that makes it neccessary to reorder them.

 .br
 .B udevd
 takes care of the kernel supplied sequence number and arranges the events for
 .br
 .B udevd
 takes care of the kernel supplied sequence number and arranges the events for

-execution in the correct order. Missing sequences are delaying the
-execution of the following events until a timeout of a maximum of 5 seconds
-is reached.
+execution in the correct order. Missing sequences delay the execution of the
+following events until a timeout is reached.

 .br
 For each event a
 .BR udev (8)
 instance is executed in the background. All further events for the same device
 .br
 For each event a
 .BR udev (8)
 instance is executed in the background. All further events for the same device

-are delayed until the execution is finished. This way it will never run more
-than one instance for a single device at the same time.
+are delayed until the execution is finished. This way there will never be more
+than one instance running for a single device at the same time.

 .br
 .B udevd
 receives the events from
 .br
 .B udevd
 receives the events from