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| author | Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> | 2009-08-27 03:55:44 +0200 |
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| committer | Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> | 2009-08-27 03:57:59 +0200 |
| commit | 133e51af3b3bf455ec1ebf96972c315a4fb70dce (patch) | |
| tree | 3714aba7d100bdca96a39e42fbd4e4fc55a35e5b /docs | |
| parent | bc19bff974024066451a2486e155aa89fd09ab9f (diff) | |
doc: writing_udev_rules updated for the new command names
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/writing_udev_rules/index.html | 16 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/docs/writing_udev_rules/index.html b/docs/writing_udev_rules/index.html index ca4fb9d311..8c0974879d 100644 --- a/docs/writing_udev_rules/index.html +++ b/docs/writing_udev_rules/index.html @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The most recent version of this document can always be found at: <br /> <li>Testing and debugging <ul> <li><a href="#testing">Putting your rules into action</a></li> - <li><a href="#udevtest">udevtest</a></li> + <li><a href="#udevtest">udevadm test</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#author">Author and contact</a></li> @@ -843,22 +843,18 @@ Despite this, udev will not automatically reprocess all devices and attempt to a </p> <p> -To make the symbolic link show up, you can either disconnect and reconnect your camera, or alternatively in the case of non-removable devices, you can run <b>udevtrigger</b>. -</p> - -<p> -If your kernel does not have inotify support, new rules will not be detected automatically. In this situation, you must run <b>udevcontrol reload_rules</b> after making any rule file modifications for those modifications to take effect. +To make the symbolic link show up, you can either disconnect and reconnect your camera, or alternatively in the case of non-removable devices, you can run <b>udevadm trigger</b>. </p> <a name="udevtest"></a> -<h3>udevtest</h3> +<h3>udevadm test</h3> <p> -If you know the top-level device path in sysfs, you can use <b>udevtest</b> to show the actions which udev would take. This may help you debug your rules. For example, assuming you want to debug a rule which acts on <em>/sys/class/sound/dsp</em>: +If you know the top-level device path in sysfs, you can use <b>udevadm test</b> to show the actions which udev would take. This may help you debug your rules. For example, assuming you want to debug a rule which acts on <em>/sys/class/sound/dsp</em>: </p> <blockquote><pre> -# udevtest /class/sound/dsp +# udevadm test /class/sound/dsp main: looking at device '/class/sound/dsp' from subsystem 'sound' udev_rules_get_name: add symlink 'dsp' udev_rules_get_name: rule applied, 'dsp' becomes 'sound/dsp' @@ -868,7 +864,7 @@ udev_node_add: creating symlink '/dev/dsp' to 'sound/dsp' </pre></blockquote> <p> -Note the <em>/sys</em> prefix was removed from the udevtest command line argument, this is because udevtest operates on device paths. Also note that udevtest is purely a testing/debugging tool, it does not create any device nodes, despite what the output suggests! +Note the <em>/sys</em> prefix was removed from the udevadm test test command line argument, this is because udevadm test operates on device paths. Also note that udevadm test is purely a testing/debugging tool, it does not create any device nodes, despite what the output suggests! </p> <a name="author"></a> |