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udevadm: control - add comment to man page about --reload-rules
authorKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Thu, 28 May 2009 17:21:35 +0000 (19:21 +0200)
committerKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Thu, 28 May 2009 17:21:35 +0000 (19:21 +0200)
udev/udevadm.xml

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             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>--reload-rules</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules from the config.</para>
+                <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules files.
+                Usually the udev daemon detects changes automatically, this may
+                only be needed on systems without inotify support. Reloading rules
+                does not apply any changes to already existing devices.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
             <varlistentry>