<article>
<section>
- <title>udevd, udevcontrol</title>
+ <title>udevd</title>
<refentry>
<refentryinfo>
<title>udevd</title>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>udevd</command>
<arg><option>--daemon</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--debug-trace</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--version</option></arg>
<arg><option>--help</option></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>udevcontrol <replaceable>command</replaceable></command>
- </cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>udevd listens to kernel uevents and passes the incoming events to
- udev. It ensures the right event order and takes care, that events for child
- devices are delayed until the parent has finished the device handling. </para>
+ udev. It ensures the correct event order and takes care, that events for child
+ devices are delayed until the parent event has finished the device handling.
+ The behavior of the running daemon can be changed with
+ <command>udevadm control</command>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--help</option></term>
+ <term><option>--debug-trace</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Print usage.</para>
+ <para>Run all events completely serialized. This may be useful if udev triggers
+ actions or loads kernel modules which cause problems and a slow but continuous
+ operation is needed, where no events are processed in parallel.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>log_priority=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term>
+ <term><option>--debug</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>udevcontrol can dynamically set the log level of udevd.
- Valid values are the numerical syslog priorities or their textual
- representations: <option>err</option>, <option>info</option>
- and <option>debug</option>.</para>
+ <para>Print log messages to stdout.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>stop_exec_queue</option></term>
+ <term><option>--version</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>udevcontrol stops the execution of events from udevd.</para>
+ <para>Print version number.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>start_exec_queue</option></term>
+ <term><option>help</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>udevcontrol starts the execution of events from udevd.</para>
+ <para>Print help text.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para><citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry></para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>