From: Michael Witten Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 23:21:51 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Docs: udev.xml: Clean up description of SYMLINK assignment key X-Git-Tag: 174~138^2~17 X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=9f38b806d273e19c4fcb71fdcbaa9c61839b2a51 Docs: udev.xml: Clean up description of SYMLINK assignment key Signed-off-by: Michael Witten --- diff --git a/udev/udev.xml b/udev/udev.xml index 225ad5ce3..dc277c891 100644 --- a/udev/udev.xml +++ b/udev/udev.xml @@ -331,10 +331,10 @@ devices claim the same name, the link always points to the device with the highest link_priority. If the current device goes away, the links are re-evaluated and the device with the next highest link_priority becomes the owner of - the link. If no link_priority is specified, the order of the devices, and - which one of them owns the link, is undefined. Claiming the same name for - a symlink, which is or might be used for a device node, may result in - unexpected behavior and is not supported. + the link. If no link_priority is specified, the order of the devices (and + which one of them owns the link) is undefined. Also, symlink names must + never conflict with the kernel's default device node names, as that would + result in unpredictable behavior.