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authorKay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>2012-04-08 16:50:16 +0200
committerKay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>2012-04-08 16:50:16 +0200
commit07cd4fc16806783d3b6b3008db222ac6a024805c (patch)
treee07472d1f3f18a3e070c5b52c18d146669ee3bd6 /man
parent58db57fedfe5787ed36c3098787a7cdbddc80bcb (diff)
udev: remove support for /lib/udev/devices/; tmpfiles should be used
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/udev.xml7
-rw-r--r--man/udevd.xml5
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/udev.xml b/man/udev.xml
index 168b1dc150..101286699f 100644
--- a/man/udev.xml
+++ b/man/udev.xml
@@ -513,10 +513,9 @@
<term><option>static_node=</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Apply the permissions specified in this rule to the static device node with
- the specified name. Static device nodes might be provided by kernel modules
- or copied from <filename>/usr/lib/udev/devices</filename>. These nodes might not have
- a corresponding kernel device at the time udevd is started; they can trigger
- automatic kernel module loading.</para>
+ the specified name. Static device node creation can be requested by kernel modules.
+ These nodes might not have a corresponding kernel device at the time udevd is
+ started; they can trigger automatic kernel module loading.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/udevd.xml b/man/udevd.xml
index d6e401a0b2..7c4e174cbe 100644
--- a/man/udevd.xml
+++ b/man/udevd.xml
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@
instructions specified in udev rules. See <citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>.</para>
- <para>On startup the content of the directory <filename>/usr/lib/udev/devices</filename>
- is copied to <filename>/dev</filename>. If kernel modules specify static device
- nodes, these nodes are created even without a corresponding kernel device, to
- allow on-demand loading of kernel modules. Matching permissions specified in udev
- rules are applied to these static device nodes.</para>
<para>The behavior of the running daemon can be changed with
<command>udevadm control</command>.</para>
</refsect1>