X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=udev.8;h=0dacde0f5c01d96253d2a6dbfb0a3a2be248f2ef;hp=42239c824d943c126f61073aa5db9fbbb3d133b4;hb=4b710f033e86c72dbcae345564257f3ecce9941b;hpb=d41120879358f783eb1a457f340c1a4b538a9410 diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8 index 42239c824..0dacde0f5 100644 --- a/udev.8 +++ b/udev.8 @@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ reads the sysfs directory of the given device to collect device attributes like label, serial number or bus device number. These attributes are treated as a key to determine a unique name for device file creation. -udev maintains a database for devices present on the system. +.B udev +maintains a database for devices present on the system. .br On device removal, .B udev queries the internal database for the name of the device file to be deleted. .SH "CONFIGURATION" -udev expects its configuration at +.B udev +expects its configuration at .I /etc/udev/udev.config. The file consists of a set of lines. All empty lines and lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored. @@ -70,6 +72,23 @@ calling external program, that returns a string to match .br keys: \fBBUS\fP, \fBPROGRAM\fP, \fBID\fP .P +The name field supports simple printf-like string subtitution: +.RS +.TP +.B %n +the "kernel number" of the device +for example, 'sda3' has a "kernel number" of '3' +.TP +.B %M +the kernel major number for the device +.TP +.B %m +the kernel minor number for the device +.TP +.B %b +the bus id for the device +.RE +.P A sample \fIudev.conf\fP might look like this: .sp .nf @@ -85,8 +104,11 @@ TOPOLOGY, BUS="usb", PLACE="2.3", NAME="mouse1" # ttyUSB1 should always be called pda REPLACE, KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="pda" -# if /sbin/dev_id returns "V0815" device will be called dev0815 -CALLOUT, PROGRAM="/sbin/dev_id", BUS="pci", ID="V0815", NAME="dev0815" +# if /sbin/scsi_id returns "OEM 0815" device will be called disk1 +CALLOUT, PROGRAM="/sbin/scsi_id" BUS="scsi", ID="OEM 0815" NAME="disk1" + +# USB webcams to be called webcam0, webcam1, ... +LABEL, BUS="usb", model="WebCam Version 3", NAME="webcam%n" .fi .P Permissions and ownership for the created device files may specified at @@ -120,5 +142,6 @@ The .I http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/ web site. .SH AUTHORS -udev was developed by Greg Kroah-Hartman with much help from +.B udev +was developed by Greg Kroah-Hartman with much help from Dan Stekloff and many others.