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move udev_device_db to libudev
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         <refsect2><title>udevadm trigger <optional>options</optional></title>
-          <para>Request device uevents, usually used to replay events at system coldplug.</para>
+          <para>Request device events from the kernel. Usually used to replay events at system coldplug time.</para>
           <variablelist>
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>--verbose</option></term>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
             <varlistentry>
-              <term><option>--retry-failed</option></term>
+              <term><option>--type=<replaceable>type</replaceable></option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Trigger only the events which are failed during a previous run.</para>
+                <para>Trigger a specific type of devices. Valid types are:
+                <command>devices</command>, <command>subsystems</command>, <command>failed</command>.
+                The default value is <command>devices</command>.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>--action=<replaceable>action</replaceable></option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Type of event to be triggered. The default value is "add".</para>
+                <para>Type of event to be triggered. The default value is <command>add</command>.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
             <varlistentry>
                 of the sysfs attribute is checked. This option can be specified multiple times.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
-            <varlistentry>
-              <term><option>--socket=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term>
-              <listitem>
-                <para>Pass the synthesized events to the specified socket, instead of triggering
-                a global kernel event. All available event values will be send in the same format
-                the kernel sends an uevent, or <option>RUN+="socket:<replaceable>path</replaceable>"</option>
-                sends a message. 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>
-            <varlistentry>
-              <term><option>--env=<replaceable>KEY</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term>
-              <listitem>
-                <para>Pass an additional environemt key to the event. This works only with the
-                --socket option.</para>
-              </listitem>
-            </varlistentry>
           </variablelist>
         </refsect2>