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authorMichael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>2011-04-08 15:59:01 +0000
committerMichael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>2011-04-11 05:14:40 +0000
commit3fe44a296abbac8a3df667861a7c111e95b54ca4 (patch)
tree3f28b4d000287ae8ac6c265c9ed42c51db4a2eb9 /README
parent600b2584566a44b8a57f546f5ce27f5b1cce21d6 (diff)
Docs: README: Use present tense
Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
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index 1eecf9d847..04e722f3d6 100644
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Requirements:
CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL=y (user ACLs for device nodes)
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG=y (SCSI devices)
- - Udev will not work with the CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED* option.
+ - Udev does not work with the CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED* option.
- Unix domain sockets (CONFIG_UNIX) as a loadable kernel module may work,
but it is not supported.
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ Requirements:
Setup:
- At bootup, the /dev directory should get the 'devtmpfs' filesystem
- mounted. Udev will manage permissions and ownership of the kernel-created
- device nodes, and possibly create additional symlinks. If needed, udev also
+ mounted. Udev manages the permissions and ownership of the kernel-created
+ device nodes, and udev possibly creates additional symlinks. If needed, udev also
works on an empty 'tmpfs' filesystem, but some static device nodes like
/dev/null, /dev/console, /dev/kmsg are needed to be able to start udev itself.
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Operation:
- All kernel events are matched against a set of specified rules, which
possibly hook into the event processing and load required kernel
modules to setup devices. For all devices the kernel exports a major/minor
- number; if needed, udev will create a device node with the default kernel
+ number; if needed, udev creates a device node with the default kernel
name. If specified, udev applies permissions/ownership to the device
node, creates additional symlinks pointing to the node, and executes
programs to handle the device.