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diff --git a/udev.xml b/udev.xml
index bd099479f..e43296531 100644
--- a/udev.xml
+++ b/udev.xml
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
Usually udev runs as udevd8 and receives uevents directly from the
- kernel if a device is added or removed form the system.
+ kernel if a device is added or removed from the system.
If udev receives a device event, it matches its configured rules
against the available device attributes provided in sysfs to identify the device.
- Rules that match, may provide additional device information or specify a device
+ Rules that match may provide additional device information or specify a device
node name and multiple symlink names and instruct udev to run additional programs
as part of the device event handling.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
pointing to the node, or run a specified program as part of the event handling.
If no matching rule is found, the default device node name is used.
- A rule may consists of a list of one or more key value pairs separated by
+ A rule may consist of a list of one or more key value pairs separated by
a comma. Each key has a distinct operation, depending on the used operator. Valid
operators are:
@@ -224,6 +224,14 @@
+
+
+
+ Test the existence of a file. An octal mode mask can be specified
+ if needed.
+
+
+
@@ -325,6 +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.
+ If the specifiefd string starts with
+ , 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.
@@ -374,7 +388,7 @@
If no option is given, udev will choose between
- and based on the executable bit of of the file
+ and based on the executable bit of the file
permissions.
@@ -390,14 +404,52 @@
- stops further rules application. No later rules
- will have any effect.
- will ignore this event completely.
- will ignore any later remove event for this
- device. This may be useful as a workaround for broken device drivers.
- will create the device nodes for all available
- partitions of a block device. This may be useful for removable media devices where
- media changes are not detected.
+ Rule and device options:
+
+
+
+
+ Stops further rules application. No later rules will have
+ any effect.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Ignore this event completely.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Do not remove the device node when the device goes away. This may be
+ useful as a workaround for broken device drivers.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Specify the priority of the created symlinks. Devices with higher
+ priorities overwrite existing symlinks of other devices.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Create the device nodes for all available partitions of a block device.
+ This may be useful for removable media devices where media changes are not
+ detected.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Usually control and other possibly unsafe characters are replaced
+ in strings used for device naming. The mode of replacement can be specified
+ with this option.
+
+
+
@@ -441,6 +493,15 @@
+
+
+
+ The driver name of the device matched while searching the devpath upwards for
+ , , and .
+
+
+
+
,
@@ -468,7 +529,7 @@
-
+ , The kernel minor number for the device.
@@ -492,6 +553,14 @@
+
+
+
+ The name of the device node. The value is only set if an earlier
+ rule assigned a value, or during a remove events.
+
+
+
,
@@ -499,6 +568,13 @@
+
+ ,
+
+ The sysfs mount point.
+
+
+
,
@@ -530,7 +606,7 @@
AUTHORWritten by Greg Kroah-Hartman greg@kroah.com and
Kay Sievers kay.sievers@vrfy.org. With much help from
- Dan Stekloff dsteklof@us.ibm.com and many others.
+ Dan Stekloff and many others.
@@ -539,10 +615,7 @@
udevd8
,
- udevinfo8
- ,
-
- udevmonitor8
+ udevadm8