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| author | Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de> | 2005-12-23 00:49:02 +0100 |
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| committer | Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de> | 2005-12-23 00:49:02 +0100 |
| commit | c082b99acbc4b25fd133a88bfabf68eee23d7b0b (patch) | |
| tree | 5dd2afc1ece7f35f1665ee70dc6f8104c44ec6ae /docs/udev.xml | |
| parent | d69b2203c37d32bbfbd81153a1fc99b55b7b6cbb (diff) | |
remove %e from man page
Simple %e enumerations never worked reliably outside of udevstart and
udevstart is no longer recommended to use.
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/udev.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/udev.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/docs/udev.xml b/docs/udev.xml index 3db66f8001..8c07f0e687 100644 --- a/docs/udev.xml +++ b/docs/udev.xml @@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ <para>Usually udev runs as <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udevd</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> and receives uevents directly from the - kernel if a device is added or removed form the system. The program - <command>udev</command> itself may be used as an event handler in situations, - where running the daemon is not appropriate, like in initramfs.</para> + kernel if a device is added or removed form the system.</para> <para>If udev receives a device event, it matches its configured rules against the available device attributes provided in sysfs to identify the device. @@ -393,7 +391,7 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>%e{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</option>, <option>$env{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</option></term> + <term><option>%E{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</option>, <option>$env{<replaceable>key</replaceable>}</option></term> <listitem> <para>The value of an environment variable.</para> </listitem> @@ -425,18 +423,6 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>%e</option>, <option>$enum</option></term> - <listitem> - <para>If a device node already exists with the name, the smallest next free - number is used. This can be used to create compatibility symlinks and enumerate - devices of the same type originating from different kernel subsystems.</para> - <para>Note: The use of the enumeration facility is unreliable for events that - request a number at the same time. The use of enumerations in todays setups - where devices can come and go at any time is not recommended.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> <term><option>%P</option>, <option>$parent</option></term> <listitem> <para>The node name of the parent device.</para> |