- The udev daemon should be started to handle device events sent by the kernel.
During bootup, the kernel can be asked to send events for all already existing
- The udev daemon should be started to handle device events sent by the kernel.
During bootup, the kernel can be asked to send events for all already existing
- - Udev creates/removes device nodes in /dev, based on events the kernel
- sends out on device creation/removal.
+ - Based on events the kernel sends out on device creation/removal, udev
+ creates/removes device nodes in the /dev directory.
- All kernel events are matched against a set of specified rules, which
possibly hook into the event processing and load required kernel
- All kernel events are matched against a set of specified rules, which
possibly hook into the event processing and load required kernel
number; if needed, udev creates a device node with the default kernel
name. If specified, udev applies permissions/ownership to the device
node, creates additional symlinks pointing to the node, and executes
number; if needed, udev creates a device node with the default kernel
name. If specified, udev applies permissions/ownership to the device
node, creates additional symlinks pointing to the node, and executes
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/libudev/
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/gudev/
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/libudev/
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/gudev/
Please direct any comment/question to the linux-hotplug mailing list at:
linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Please direct any comment/question to the linux-hotplug mailing list at:
linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org