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diff --git a/udev/udev.xml b/udev/udev.xml
index 3bf7ee8ec..74917e154 100644
--- a/udev/udev.xml
+++ b/udev/udev.xml
@@ -80,20 +80,20 @@
the same name in /lib/udev/rules.d/; this can be
used to ignore a default rules file if needed.
- Rule files must end in .rules, other extensions
- are ignored.
+ Rule files must have the extension .rules; other
+ extensions are ignored.
- Every line in the rules file contains at least one key value pair.
- There are two kind of keys, match and assignment keys.
+ Every line in the rules file contains at least one key-value pair.
+ There are two kind of keys: match and assignment.
If all match keys are matching against its value, the rule gets applied and the
- assign keys get the specified value assigned.
+ assignment keys get the specified value assigned.A matching rule may rename a network interface, add symlinks
pointing to the device node, or run a specified program as part of
the event handling.
- A rule consists 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
+ A rule consists of a comma-separated list of one or more key-value pairs.
+ Each key has a distinct operation, depending on the used operator. Valid
operators are:
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@
- Assign a value to a key finally; disallow any later changes,
- which may be used to prevent changes by any later rules.
+ Assign a value to a key finally; disallow any later changes.
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@
- Match the driver name of the event device. Only set for devices
+ Match the driver name of the event device. Only set this key for devices
which are bound to a driver at the time the event is generated.
@@ -508,7 +507,7 @@
- Watch the device node with inotify, when closed after being opened for
+ Watch the device node with inotify; when closed after being opened for
writing, a change uevent is synthesised.