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author | lkml001@vrfy.org <lkml001@vrfy.org> | 2003-10-20 23:33:54 -0700 |
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committer | Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-04-26 21:01:42 -0700 |
commit | 3370fb2152d5c812ed4a48b9108a97b446713c9d (patch) | |
tree | 14ec4ffb1b6810c6ae7d177cd5c1138660199650 | |
parent | 5840bc63e2029d22682d8de77dc8fcc4da1b436c (diff) |
[PATCH] man file update
changes:
o CALLOUT method included
o required keys for every match method listed
o keywords changed to uppercase in EXAMPLE
-rw-r--r-- | udev.8 | 33 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -29,38 +29,55 @@ namedev expects its configuration at The file consists of a set of lines. All empty lines and lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored. .br -Every line defines the mapping between device attributes and the name of -the device file. It starts with a keyword defining the method for -overriding the default kernel naming scheme, followed by a list -of keys and ends with the definition of the filename for the device. +Every line defines the mapping between device attributes and the device file +name. It starts with a keyword defining the method used to match, followed by +one ore more keys to compare, optional ownwership and permission settings and +the filename for the device. If no matching configuration is found, +the default kernel device name is used. +.P +.I method, key,[key,...] [owner,] [group,] [mode,] name .TP .B LABEL device label or serial number, like USB serial number, SCSI UUID or file system label +.br +keys: \fBBUS\fP, \fIsysfs_attribute\fP .TP .B NUMBER device number on the bus, like PCI bus id +.br +keys: \fBBUS\fP, \fBID\fP .TP .B TOPOLOGY device position on bus, like physical port of USB device +.br +keys: \fBBUS\fP, \fBPLACE\fP .TP .B REPLACE string replacement of the kernel device name -.P -If no matching configuration is found, the default kernel device name is used. +.br +key: \fBKERNEL_NAME\fP +.TP +.B CALLOUT +calling external program, that returns a string to match +.br +keys: \fBBUS\fP, \fBPROGRAM\fP, \fBID\fP .SH "EXAMPLE" .nf # USB printer to be called lp_color LABEL, BUS="usb", serial="W09090207101241330", NAME="lp_color" # sound card with PCI bus id 00:0b.0 to be called dsp -NUMBER, BUS="pci", id="00:0b.0", NAME="dsp" +NUMBER, BUS="pci", ID="00:0b.0", NAME="dsp" # USB mouse at third port of the second hub to be called mouse1 -TOPOLOGY, BUS="usb", place="2.3", NAME="mouse1" +TOPOLOGY, BUS="usb", PLACE="2.3", NAME="mouse1" # ttyUSB1 should always be called pda REPLACE, KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="pda" + +# if /sbin/dev_id returns "V0815" device will be called dev0815 +CALLOUT, PROGRAM="/sbin/dev_id", BUS="pci", ID="V0815", NAME="dev0815" .fi .SH "FILES" .nf |