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authorkay.sievers@vrfy.org <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2004-11-13 14:43:24 +0100
committerGreg KH <gregkh@suse.de>2005-04-26 22:27:34 -0700
commit7efa217db0db946e68e6274e2b9cbe0a973ec47a (patch)
tree80c697681846807293352b05ee2e5b9e9ef7af79 /udev.8.in
parentd4a32aa2e4804de9189574213749616dda57faa7 (diff)
[PATCH] add NAME{ignore_remove} attribute
Some broken ide drivers are generating high event traffic, with add/remove events. With this attribute, it can be specified, that the node is always available. It may be used in conjunction with the new DRIVER= match to catch specific kernel device drivers.
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@@ -216,6 +216,13 @@ If given with the attribute
.BR NAME{ all_partitions }
it will create all 15 partitions of a blockdevice.
This may be useful for removable media devices.
+.br
+If given with the attribute
+.BR NAME{ ignore_remove }
+it will will ignore any later remove event for this device.
+This may be useful as a workaround for broken device drivers.
+.sp
+Multiple attributes may be separated by comma.
.TP
.B SYMLINK
The name of a symlink targeting the node. Multiple symlinks may be