[PATCH] man-page mention multiple symlinks

As usual, when the stuff gets in the tree - here is a small
man page update and a TODO line removal.

  mention multiple symlinks
  update example with silly symlink rule :)
  shorten example line to have less than 80 chars
  remove "want symlink support" from TODO

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index e227834f3669eb673a729330e7a0e35cf20d0cef..47275873c89f1df8b382d01ffe167a3f67393341 100644 (file)
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ greg@kroah.com
 
 - fix kernel name logic to handle devices like sdaj and such.
 - more documentation (can never have too much.)
 
 - fix kernel name logic to handle devices like sdaj and such.
 - more documentation (can never have too much.)

-- add symlink generation and removal support

 - better partition support (it's a hack right now, maybe new libsysfs changes
   can help out a lot here.)
 - allow database to be queried by other programs
 - better partition support (it's a hack right now, maybe new libsysfs changes
   can help out a lot here.)
 - allow database to be queried by other programs

diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8
index 0c461967d2444f6bfc9093f6c804d2c10b5ecaad..7b4e17b5c41d1fab754f628b204eca766378e85e 100644 (file)
--- a/udev.8
+++ b/udev.8
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ file.
 Every line in the rules file define the mapping between device attributes and
 the device file name. It starts with a keyword defining the method used to
 match, followed by one ore more keys to compare and the filename for the
 Every line in the rules file define the mapping between device attributes and
 the device file name. It starts with a keyword defining the method used to
 match, followed by one ore more keys to compare and the filename for the

-device. Optional the name for a symlink targeting the node may specified.
+device. One ore more optional symlinks targeting the node may be specified.

 .br
 If no matching configuration is found, the default kernel device name
 is used.
 .br
 If no matching configuration is found, the default kernel device name
 is used.


@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@ NUMBER, BUS="pci", ID="00:0b.0", NAME="dsp"
 # USB mouse at third port of the second hub to be called mouse1
 TOPOLOGY, BUS="usb", PLACE="2.3", NAME="mouse1"
 
 # USB mouse at third port of the second hub to be called mouse1
 TOPOLOGY, BUS="usb", PLACE="2.3", NAME="mouse1"
 

-# ttyUSB1 should always be called pda
-REPLACE, KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="pda"
+# ttyUSB1 should always be called pda with two additional symlinks
+REPLACE, KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="pda", SYMLINK="palmtop handheld"

 
 

-# USB webcams with symlinks to be called webcam0, webcam1, ...
-LABEL, BUS="usb", model="WebCam Version 3", NAME="video%n", SYMLINK="webcam%n"
+# multiple USB webcams with symlinks to be called webcam0, webcam1, ...
+LABEL, BUS="usb", model="WebCam V3", NAME="video%n", SYMLINK="webcam%n"

 .fi
 .P
 Permissions and ownership for the created device files may specified at
 .fi
 .P
 Permissions and ownership for the created device files may specified at