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diff --git a/udev/udev.xml b/udev/udev.xml
index 66eeea4e3..a78534855 100644
--- a/udev/udev.xml
+++ b/udev/udev.xml
@@ -233,6 +233,13 @@
+
+
+
+ Search the devpath upwards for a device with matching tag.
+
+
+
@@ -456,18 +463,15 @@
- If no option is given, udev chooses between
- and based on the executable bit of the file
- permissions.
- Wait for a file to become available or until a 10
- seconds timeout expires. The path is relative to the sysfs device,
- i. e. if no path is specified this waits for an attribute to appear.
+ Wait for a file to become available or until a timeout of
+ 10 seconds expires. The path is relative to the sysfs device;
+ if no path is specified, this waits for an attribute to appear.
@@ -501,7 +505,7 @@
- Apply the permissions specified in this rule to a static device node with
+ Apply the permissions specified in this rule to the static device node with
the specified name. Static device nodes might be provided by kernel modules
or copied from /lib/udev/devices. These nodes might not have
a corresponding kernel device at the time udevd is started; they can trigger
@@ -511,8 +515,8 @@
- Watch the device node with inotify; when closed after being opened for
- writing, a change uevent is synthesised.
+ Watch the device node with inotify; when the node is closed after being opened for
+ writing, a change uevent is synthesized.
@@ -528,10 +532,10 @@
The , , ,
, , and
- fields support simple printf-like string substitutions. The
- format chars gets applied after all rules have been processed, right before the program
- is executed. It allows the use of device properties set by earlier matching
- rules. For all other fields, substitutions are applied while the individual rule is
+ fields support simple string substitutions. The
+ substitutions are performed after all rules have been processed, right before the program
+ is executed, allowing for the use of device properties set by earlier matching
+ rules. For all other fields, substitutions are performed while the individual rule is
being processed. The available substitutions are:
@@ -580,9 +584,9 @@
The value of a sysfs attribute found at the device where
all keys of the rule have matched. If the matching device does not have
such an attribute, and a previous KERNELS, SUBSYSTEMS, DRIVERS, or
- ATTRS test selected a parent device, use the attribute from that
- parent device.
- If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the symlink target is
+ ATTRS test selected a parent device, then the attribute from that
+ parent device is used.
+ If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the symlink target is
returned as the value.
@@ -612,9 +616,9 @@
, The string returned by the external program requested with PROGRAM.
- A single part of the string, separated by a space character may be selected
+ A single part of the string, separated by a space character, may be selected
by specifying the part number as an attribute: .
- If the number is followed by the '+' char this part plus all remaining parts
+ If the number is followed by the '+' character, this part plus all remaining parts
of the result string are substituted:
@@ -637,8 +641,8 @@
- The current list of symlinks, separated by a space character. The value is
- only set if an earlier rule assigned a value, or during a remove events.
+ A space-separated list of the current symlinks. The value is
+ only set during a remove event or if an earlier rule assigned a value.
@@ -659,7 +663,7 @@
,
- The name of a created temporary device node to provide access to
+ The name of a temporary device node created to provide access to
the device from a external program before the real node is created.