udevadm: merge all udev tools into a single binary

[elogind.git] / udevd.8

diff --git a/udevd.8 b/udevd.8
index 6fbe1cbf91d59a7020dec919835f3bdfc9fd4c62..8c20daeba285bf3552b45575f31e134d94583282 100644 (file)
--- a/udevd.8
+++ b/udevd.8
@@ -1,47 +1,106 @@
-.\" ** You probably do not want to edit this file directly **
-.\" It was generated using the DocBook XSL Stylesheets (version 1.69.1).
-.\" Instead of manually editing it, you probably should edit the DocBook XML
-.\" source for it and then use the DocBook XSL Stylesheets to regenerate it.
+.\"     Title: udevd
+.\"    Author: 
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\"      Date: August 2005
+.\"    Manual: udevd, udevcontrol
+.\"    Source: udev
+.\"
 .TH "UDEVD" "8" "August 2005" "udev" "udevd, udevcontrol"
 .\" disable hyphenation
 .nh
 .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
 .ad l
 .SH "NAME"
-udevd \- event managing daemon
+udevd - event managing daemon
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .HP 6
-\fBudevd\fR [\fB\-\-daemon\fR]
+\fBudevd\fR [\fB\-\-daemon\fR] [\fB\-\-debug\-trace\fR] [\fB\-\-verbose\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fB\-\-help\fR]
 .HP 20
 \fBudevcontrol \fR\fB\fIcommand\fR\fR
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .PP
-udevd listens to kernel uevents and passes the incoming events to udev. It ensures the right event order and takes care, that events for child devices are delayed until the parent has finished the device handling.
+udevd listens to kernel uevents and passes the incoming events to udev\. It ensures the right event order and takes care, that events for child devices are delayed until the parent has finished the device handling\.
 .SH "OPTIONS"
-.TP
+.PP
 \fB\-\-daemon\fR
-Detach and run in the background.
-.TP
+.RS 4
+Detach and run in the background\.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-debug\-trace\fR
+.RS 4
+Run all events completely serialized\. This may be useful if udev triggers actions or loads kernel modules which cause problems and a slow but continuous operation is needed, where no events are processed in parallel\.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-verbose\fR
+.RS 4
+Print log messages to stdout\.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-version\fR
+.RS 4
+Print version number\.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-\-help\fR
+.RS 4
+Print usage\.
+.RE
+.PP
 \fBlog_priority=\fR\fB\fIvalue\fR\fR
-udevcontrol can dynamically set the log level of udevd. Valid values are the numerical syslog priorities or their textual representations:
+.RS 4
+Set the internal log level of udevd\. Valid values are the numerical syslog priorities or their textual representations:
 \fBerr\fR,
 \fBinfo\fR
 and
-\fBdebug\fR.
-.TP
+\fBdebug\fR\.
+.RE
+.PP
 \fBstop_exec_queue\fR
-udevcontrol stops the execution of events from udevd.
-.TP
+.RS 4
+Signal udevd to stop executing new events\. Incoming events will be queued\.
+.RE
+.PP
 \fBstart_exec_queue\fR
-udevcontrol starts the execution of events from udevd.
+.RS 4
+Signal udevd to enable the execution of events\.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBreload_rules\fR
+.RS 4
+Signal udevd to reload the rules from the config\.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBenv \fR\fB\fIvar\fR\fR\fB=\fR\fB\fIvalue\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+Set global variable\.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBmax_childs\fR
+.RS 4
+Set the maximum number of events, udevd will handle at the same time\.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBmax_childs_running\fR
+.RS 4
+Set the maximum number of events, which are allowed to run at the same time\.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBhelp\fR
+.RS 4
+Print help text\.
+.RE
 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
-.TP
+.PP
 \fBUDEV_LOG\fR
-Overrides the syslog priority specified in the config file.
+.RS 4
+Overrides the syslog priority specified in the config file\.
+.RE
 .SH "AUTHOR"
 .PP
 Written by Kay Sievers
-<kay.sievers@vrfy.org>.
+<kay\.sievers@vrfy\.org>\.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .PP
-\fBudev\fR(7)
+\fBudev\fR(8),
+\fBudevadm\fR(8)