udev: remove configuration options for /dev, /sys, /run directories

[elogind.git] / man / udev.xml

diff --git a/man/udev.xml b/man/udev.xml
index 101286699f17bff3bd2f599c43534df5df74f8c7..458d351658d98ad69efc1a29c5b6390866865cb0 100644 (file)
--- a/man/udev.xml
+++ b/man/udev.xml
@@ -64,14 +64,6 @@
       It consists of a set of variables allowing the user to override default udev values.
       The following variables can be set:</para>
       <variablelist>
-        <varlistentry>
-          <term><option>udev_root</option></term>
-          <listitem>
-            <para>Specifies where to place the device nodes in the filesystem.
-            The default value is <filename>/dev</filename>.</para>
-          </listitem>
-        </varlistentry>
-
         <varlistentry>
           <term><option>udev_log</option></term>
           <listitem>
@@ -287,6 +279,8 @@
             successfully. The device properties are made available to the
             executed program in the environment. The program's stdout
             is available in the RESULT key.</para>
+            <para>This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. For details
+            see <option>RUN</option>.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -401,10 +395,12 @@
             /usr/lib/udev, otherwise the absolute path must be specified. The program
             name and following arguments are separated by spaces. Single quotes can
             be used to specify arguments with spaces.</para>
-            <para>This can only be used for very short running tasks. Running an
+            <para>This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. Running an
             event process for a long period of time may block all further events for
-            this or a dependent device. Starting daemons or other long running processes
-            is not appropriate for udev.</para>
+            this or a dependent device.</para>
+            <para>Starting daemons or other long running processes is not appropriate
+            for udev; the forked processes, detached or not, will be unconditionally
+            killed after the event handling has finished.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -470,6 +466,8 @@
                 </listitem>
               </varlistentry>
             </variablelist>
+            <para>This can only be used for very short-running foreground tasks. For details
+            see <option>RUN</option>.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>