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diff --git a/udev/udev.xml b/udev/udev.xml
index e012bf818..77053b770 100644
--- a/udev/udev.xml
+++ b/udev/udev.xml
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@
Every line in the rules file contains at least one key-value pair.
There are two kind of keys: match and assignment.
If all match keys are matching against its value, the rule gets applied and the
- assign keys get the specified value assigned.
+ assignment keys get the specified value assigned.
A matching rule may rename a network interface, add symlinks
pointing to the device node, or run a specified program as part of
the event handling.
- A rule consists of a list of one or more key-value pairs separated by
- a comma. Each key has a distinct operation, depending on the used operator. Valid
+ A rule consists of a comma-separated list of one or more key-value pairs.
+ Each key has a distinct operation, depending on the used operator. Valid
operators are:
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@
- Assign a value to a key finally; disallow any later changes,
- which may be used to prevent changes by any later rules.
+ Assign a value to a key finally; disallow any later changes.
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@
- Match the driver name of the event device. Only set for devices
+ Match the driver name of the event device. Only set this key for devices
which are bound to a driver at the time the event is generated.
@@ -197,8 +196,8 @@
Match sysfs attribute values of the event device. Trailing
- whitespace in the attribute values is ignored, if the specified match
- value does not contain trailing whitespace itself.
+ whitespace in the attribute values is ignored unless the specified match
+ value itself contains trailing whitespace.
@@ -229,8 +228,8 @@
Search the devpath upwards for a device with matching sysfs attribute values.
If multiple matches are specified, all of them
- 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.
+ must match on the same device. Trailing whitespace in the attribute values is ignored
+ unless the specified match value itself contains trailing whitespace.
@@ -259,10 +258,11 @@
- Execute a program. The key is true, if the program returns
+ Execute a program to determine whether there
+ is a match; the key is true if the program returns
successfully. The device properties are made available to the
- executed program in the environment. The program's output printed to
- stdout, is available in the RESULT key.
+ executed program in the environment. The program's stdout
+ is available in the RESULT key.
@@ -275,13 +275,13 @@
- Most of the fields support a shell style pattern matching. The following
+ Most of the fields support shell-style pattern matching. The following
pattern characters are supported:
- Matches zero, or any number of characters.
+ Matches zero or more characters.
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@
Matches any single character specified within the brackets. For
example, the pattern string 'tty[SR]' would match either 'ttyS' or 'ttyR'.
- Ranges are also supported within this match with the '-' character.
- For example, to match on the range of all digits, the pattern [0-9] would
+ Ranges are also supported via the '-' character.
+ For example, to match on the range of all digits, the pattern [0-9] could
be used. If the first character following the '[' is a '!', any characters
not enclosed are matched.