X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=udevstart.8;h=ac7d070c91d8d4a9a9a132cc6f450b9454887544;hp=c64400cc4fb828e3983ed884b05b5c87af771309;hb=584fbf1ba459b4425c6757ca08918d760def62ef;hpb=c19b069189fc31ff07bf482cf77fcf25549501b4 diff --git a/udevstart.8 b/udevstart.8 index c64400cc4..ac7d070c9 100644 --- a/udevstart.8 +++ b/udevstart.8 @@ -1,18 +1,27 @@ -.TH UDEVSTART 8 "March 2004" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual" -.SH NAME +.\" Title: udevstart +.\" Author: +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.72.0 +.\" Date: August 2005 +.\" Manual: udevstart +.\" Source: udev +.\" +.TH "UDEVSTART" "8" "August 2005" "udev" "udevstart" +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.SH "NAME" udevstart \- populate initial device directory -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B udevstart +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.HP 10 +\fBudevstart\fR .SH "DESCRIPTION" -.B udevstart -walks trough the sysfs device tree and calls -.B udev -to create the nodes for every valid device found. It can be used to fill a -empty device directory with nodes for all devices currently available on -the system. +.PP +udevstart scans the kernel exported device information available in sysfs for devices which require a device node to operate and creates the node using the specified udev rules. udevstart is used to create the initial device directory after system bootup. +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +Written by Harald Hoyer +. .SH "SEE ALSO" -.BR udev (8) -.SH AUTHORS -.B udevstart -was developed primarily by Harald Hoyer , with much help -from others. +.PP +\fBudev\fR(7)