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author | Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org> | 2013-03-27 08:01:59 -0400 |
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committer | Ian Stakenvicius <axs@gentoo.org> | 2013-04-02 15:22:47 -0400 |
commit | cdd665a9214ab9c0dd8ffb69749ed8bb6a005cf0 (patch) | |
tree | 7a191d6c84b8fa4c9db58adce788e70901f29327 /man/udevd.xml | |
parent | 601c4e8ce69338652b3c9178386cbc05de8bae8d (diff) |
man: updates from upstream
Added upstream systemd-udevd.service(8) as udevd(8)
Authors include
Tom Gundersen
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
Thomas Hindoe Paaboel Andersen
Kay Sievers
Lennart Poettering
See http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/log/man/udev.xml
and http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/log/man/systemd-udevd.service.xml
and http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/log/man/udevadm.xml
Signed-off-by: Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Ian Stakenvicius <axs@gentoo.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'man/udevd.xml')
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diff --git a/man/udevd.xml b/man/udevd.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c72484c556 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/udevd.xml @@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> +<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> + +<refentry id="udevd"> + <refentryinfo> + <title>udevd</title> + <productname>udev</productname> + <authorgroup> + <author> + <contrib>Developer</contrib> + <firstname>Kay</firstname> + <surname>Sievers</surname> + <email>kay@vrfy.org</email> + </author> + </authorgroup> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>udevd</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> + <refmiscinfo class="version"></refmiscinfo> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>udevd</refname> + <refpurpose>Device event managing daemon</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <para><filename>udevd</filename></para> + + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>/sbin/udevd</command> + <arg><option>--daemon</option></arg> + <arg><option>--debug</option></arg> + <arg><option>--children-max=</option></arg> + <arg><option>--exec-delay=</option></arg> + <arg><option>--resolve-names=early|late|never</option></arg> + <arg><option>--version</option></arg> + <arg><option>--help</option></arg> + </cmdsynopsis> + + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1><title>Description</title> + <para><command>udevd</command> listens to kernel uevents. + For every event, udevd executes matching instructions + specified in udev rules. See <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>.</para> + <para>The behavior of the running daemon can be changed with + <command>udevadm control</command>.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1><title>Options</title> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--daemon</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Detach and run in the background.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--debug</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Print debug messages to stderr.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--children-max=</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Limit the number of events executed in parallel.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--exec-delay=</option></term> + <listitem> + + <para>Delay the execution of RUN instruction by the given + number of seconds. This option might be useful when + debugging system crashes during coldplug caused by loading + non-working kernel modules.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--resolve-names=</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Specify when udevd should resolve names of users and groups. + When set to <option>early</option> (the default) names will be + resolved when the rules are parsed. When set to + <option>late</option> names will be resolved for every event. + When set to <option>never</option> names will never be resolved + and all devices will be owned by root.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--version</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Print version number.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--help</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Print help text.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1><title>Environment</title> + <variablelist class='environment-variables'> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>$UDEV_LOG=</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para>Set the logging priority.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1><title>Kernel command line</title> + <variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'> + <para>Parameters starting with "rd." will be read when + <command>udevd</command> is used in an initrd.</para> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>udev.log-priority=</varname></term> + <term><varname>rd.udev.log-priority=</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para>Set the logging priority.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>udev.children-max=</varname></term> + <term><varname>rd.udev.children-max=</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para>Limit the number of events executed in parallel.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>udev.exec-delay=</varname></term> + <term><varname>rd.udev.exec-delay=</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para>Delay the execution of RUN instruction by the given + number of seconds. This option might be useful when + debugging system crashes during coldplug caused by loading + non-working kernel modules.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>net.ifnames=</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para>Network interfaces are renamed to give them predictable names + when possible. It is enabled by default, specifying 0 disables it.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1><title>Configuration file</title> + <para>udev expects its main configuration file at <filename>/etc/udev/udev.conf</filename>. + It consists of a set of variables allowing the user to override default udev values. All + empty lines or lines beginning with '#' are ignored. The following variables can be + set:</para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>udev_log</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para>The logging priority. Valid values are the numerical syslog priorities + or their textual representations: <option>err</option>, <option>info</option> + and <option>debug</option>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + <para><citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> + </citerefentry></para> + </refsect1> +</refentry> |