X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=udev%2Fudev.xml;h=fca0dad7bff1956c8324e8dd75053ace61bb5d38;hp=ab82012cee8a92d2c12fa04db0397f86132f621b;hb=220893b3cbdbf8932f95c44811b169a8f0d33939;hpb=1021e6dfcc339728d83bfa5a3e8cd73bb37dbcef diff --git a/udev/udev.xml b/udev/udev.xml index ab82012ce..fca0dad7b 100644 --- a/udev/udev.xml +++ b/udev/udev.xml @@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ Configuration - udev configuration files are placed in /etc/udev/ - and /lib/udev/. All empty lines or lines beginning with + udev configuration files are placed in /etc/udev + and /usr/lib/udev. All empty lines or lines beginning with '#' are ignored. Configuration file @@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ Rules files The udev rules are read from the files located in the - system rules directory /lib/udev/rules.d/, - the local administration directory /etc/udev/rules.d/ - and the volatile runtime directory /run/udev/rules.d/. + system rules directory /usr/lib/udev/rules.d, + the local administration directory /etc/udev/rules.d + and the volatile runtime directory /run/udev/rules.d. All rules files are collectively sorted and processed in lexical order, regardless of the directories in which they live. However, files with identical file names replace each other. Files in /run @@ -167,9 +167,8 @@ - Match the name of the node or network interface. It can - be used once the NAME key has been set in one of the preceding - rules. + Match the name of a network interface. It can be used once the + NAME key has been set in one of the preceding rules. @@ -319,17 +318,8 @@ - What a network interface should be named. - Also, as a temporary workaround, this is what a device node - should be named; usually the kernel provides the defined node name or creates - and removes the node before udev even receives any event. Changing - the node name from the kernel's default creates inconsistencies - and is not supported. If the kernel and NAME specify different names, - an error is logged. udev is only expected to handle device node - permissions and to create additional symlinks, not to change - kernel-provided device node names. Instead of renaming a device node, - SYMLINK should be used. However, symlink names must never conflict with - device node names, as that would result in unpredictable behavior. + The name to use for a network interface. The name of a device node + can not be changed by udev, only additional symlinks can be created. @@ -398,7 +388,7 @@ detached from the event process itself. If no absolute path is given, the program is expected to live in the directory provided at compile-time to configure via --libexecdir - (this is usually /lib/udev), otherwise the absolute + (this is usually /usr/lib/udev), otherwise the absolute path must be specified. The program name and following arguments are separated by spaces. Single quotes can be used to specify arguments with spaces. @@ -511,7 +501,7 @@ Apply the permissions specified in this rule to the static device node with the specified name. Static device nodes might be provided by kernel modules - or copied from /lib/udev/devices. These nodes might not have + or copied from /usr/lib/udev/devices. These nodes might not have a corresponding kernel device at the time udevd is started; they can trigger automatic kernel module loading. @@ -637,7 +627,7 @@ - The current name of the device node. If not changed by a rule, it is the + The current name of the device. If not changed by a rule, it is the name of the kernel device. @@ -665,10 +655,9 @@ - , + , - The name of a temporary device node created to provide access to - the device from a external program before the real node is created. + The name of the device node.