X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=udev%2Fudev.xml;h=41d9790053e07e59a3dcdc4e45c87dad92e79a92;hp=682cc3f959352b60ab1343340a4ac360a5c7b818;hb=0e4fa2abfefd6fd955e8cada7caf2733dabc529e;hpb=1079014420da2e9f7e8db7cd2d892d8f8f8cedb0 diff --git a/udev/udev.xml b/udev/udev.xml index 682cc3f95..41d979005 100644 --- a/udev/udev.xml +++ b/udev/udev.xml @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ names provide a way to reliably identify devices based on their properties or current configuration. - The udev daemon udevd - 8 receives device uevents directly from + The udev daemon, udevd + 8, receives device uevents directly from the kernel whenever a device is added or removed from the system, or it changes its state. When udev receives a device event, it matches its configured set of rules against various device attributes to identify the device. Rules that match, may @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The udev rules are read from the files located in the default rules directory /lib/udev/rules.d/, the custom rules directory /etc/udev/rules.d/ - and the temporary rules directory /dev/.udev/rules.d/. + and the temporary rules directory /run/udev/rules.d/. All rule files are sorted and processed in lexical order, regardless in which of these directories they live. Files in /etc/udev/rules.d/ have precedence over files with @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ The name, a network interface should be renamed to. Or as - a temporary workaraound, the name a device node should be named. + a temporary workaround, the name a device node should be named. Usually the kernel provides the defined node name, or even creates and removes the node before udev even receives any event. Changing the node name from the kernel's default creates inconsistencies @@ -383,10 +383,7 @@ device. This can only be used for very short running tasks. Running an 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 option - is - specified, and the executed program returns non-zero, the event will be - marked as failed for a possible later handling. + detached from the event process itself. If no absolute path is given, the program is expected to live in /lib/udev, otherwise the absolute path must be specified. Program name and arguments are separated by spaces. Single quotes