rules: add v4l persistent links

[elogind.git] / udev.xml

diff --git a/udev.xml b/udev.xml
index 9fb615294159cafdef5a4d13823f4abbef8a54ca..5eff452b771d9db52c45e99e2cd6516f9393f98f 100644 (file)
--- a/udev.xml
+++ b/udev.xml
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 

+            <varlistentry>
+              <term><option>NAME</option></term>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>Match the name of the node or network interface. It can
+                be used once the NAME key has been set in one of the preceding
+                rules.</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+

             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>SUBSYSTEM</option></term>
               <listitem>
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>SUBSYSTEM</option></term>
               <listitem>


@@ -333,6 +342,12 @@
                 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>
                 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>
 
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 


@@ -388,10 +403,9 @@
             </varlistentry>
 
             <varlistentry>
             </varlistentry>
 
             <varlistentry>

-              <term><option>WAIT_FOR_SYSFS</option></term>
+              <term><option>WAIT_FOR</option></term>

               <listitem>
               <listitem>

-                <para>Wait for the specified sysfs file of the device to be created. Can be used
-                to fight against kernel sysfs timing issues.</para>
+                <para>Wait for a file to become available.</para>

               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 


@@ -416,8 +430,8 @@
                   <varlistentry>
                     <term><option>ignore_remove</option></term>
                     <listitem>
                   <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>
                     </listitem>
                   </varlistentry>
                   <varlistentry>


@@ -435,6 +449,13 @@
                       detected.</para>
                     </listitem>
                   </varlistentry>
                       detected.</para>
                     </listitem>
                   </varlistentry>

+                  <varlistentry>
+                    <term><option>event_timeout=</option></term>
+                    <listitem>
+                      <para>Number of seconds an event will wait for operations to finish, before it
+                      will terminate itself.</para>
+                    </listitem>
+                  </varlistentry>

                   <varlistentry>
                     <term><option>string_escape=<replaceable>none|replace</replaceable></option></term>
                     <listitem>
                   <varlistentry>
                     <term><option>string_escape=<replaceable>none|replace</replaceable></option></term>
                     <listitem>


@@ -449,7 +470,7 @@
           </variablelist>
 
           <para>The <option>NAME</option>, <option>SYMLINK</option>, <option>PROGRAM</option>,
           </variablelist>
 
           <para>The <option>NAME</option>, <option>SYMLINK</option>, <option>PROGRAM</option>,

-          <option>OWNER</option>, <option>GROUP</option>  and  <option>RUN</option>
+          <option>OWNER</option>, <option>GROUP</option>, <option>MODE</option>  and  <option>RUN</option>

           fields support simple printf-like string substitutions. The <option>RUN</option>
           format chars gets applied after all rules have been processed, right before the program
           is executed. It allows the use of the complete environment set by earlier matching
           fields support simple printf-like string substitutions. The <option>RUN</option>
           format chars gets applied after all rules have been processed, right before the program
           is executed. It allows the use of the complete environment set by earlier matching


@@ -550,8 +571,16 @@
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>$name</option></term>
               <listitem>
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>$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>
 
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 


@@ -600,7 +629,7 @@
       <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
       <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>
       </refsect1>
 
       <refsect1>


@@ -609,10 +638,7 @@
             <refentrytitle>udevd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
           </citerefentry>, 
           <citerefentry>
             <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>
         </citerefentry></para>
       </refsect1>
     </refentry>