add $links substitution

[elogind.git] / udev.xml

diff --git a/udev.xml b/udev.xml
index 9fb615294159cafdef5a4d13823f4abbef8a54ca..15651e006e7fa8cb259a3d0c64fe5c68c8368457 100644 (file)
--- a/udev.xml
+++ b/udev.xml
@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@
                 event process for a long period of time may block all further events for
                 this or a dependent device. Long running tasks need to be immediately
                 detached from the event process itself.</para>
+                <para>If the specifiefd string starts with
+                <option>socket:<replaceable>path</replaceable></option>, all current event
+                values will be passed to the specified socket, as a message in the same
+                format the kernel sends an uevent. If the first character of the specified path
+                is an @ character, an abstract namespace socket is used, instead of an existing
+                socket file.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
@@ -416,8 +422,8 @@
                   <varlistentry>
                     <term><option>ignore_remove</option></term>
                     <listitem>
-                      <para>Ignore any later remove event for this device. This may be useful
-                      as a workaround for broken device drivers.</para>
+                      <para>Do not remove the device node when the device goes away. This may be
+                      useful as a workaround for broken device drivers.</para>
                     </listitem>
                   </varlistentry>
                   <varlistentry>
@@ -550,8 +556,16 @@
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>$name</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>The name of the device node. The value is only set if an earlier
-                rule assigned a value, or during a remove events.</para>
+                <para>The current name of the device node. If not changed by a rule, it is the
+                name of the kernel device.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+
+            <varlistentry>
+              <term><option>$links</option></term>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>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.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
@@ -600,7 +614,7 @@
       <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
         <para>Written by Greg Kroah-Hartman <email>greg@kroah.com</email> and
         Kay Sievers <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>. With much help from
-        Dan  Stekloff <email>dsteklof@us.ibm.com</email> and many others.</para>
+        Dan Stekloff and many others.</para>
       </refsect1>
 
       <refsect1>
@@ -609,10 +623,7 @@
             <refentrytitle>udevd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
           </citerefentry>, 
           <citerefentry>
-            <refentrytitle>udevinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
-          </citerefentry>, 
-          <citerefentry>
-            <refentrytitle>udevmonitor</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+            <refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
         </citerefentry></para>
       </refsect1>
     </refentry>