<cmdsynopsis>
<command>udevd</command>
<arg><option>--daemon</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--debug-trace</option></arg>
<arg><option>--verbose</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--version</option></arg>
<arg><option>--help</option></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<para>Detach and run in the background.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--debug-trace</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <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>--verbose</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Print log messages to stdout.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--version</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Print version number.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>log_priority=<replaceable>value</replaceable></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>Set the internal 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>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>stop_exec_queue</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>udevcontrol stops the execution of events from udevd.</para>
+ <para>Signal udevd to stop executing new events. Incoming events
+ will be queued.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>start_exec_queue</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>udevcontrol starts the execution of events from udevd.</para>
+ <para>Signal udevd to enable the execution of events.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>reload_rules</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules from the config.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>env <replaceable>var</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Set global variable.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>max_childs</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Set the maximum number of events, udevd will handle at the
+ same time.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>max_childs_running</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Set the maximum number of events, which are allowed to run at the
+ same time. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>help</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Print help text.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>