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author | kay.sievers@vrfy.org <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> | 2004-02-16 21:36:34 -0800 |
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committer | Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-04-26 21:32:28 -0700 |
commit | a27cd06c6d3c83d9906f5e1aaf8d3c4b32055830 (patch) | |
tree | 66b39f3edb9b9fc900988a071121fbf345d72fbc /udev.8 | |
parent | e68582be4a9522bb936a7c8adcd20991793d7d14 (diff) |
[PATCH] Adding '%s' format specifier to NAME and SYMLINK
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:34:57PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 09:14:20AM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > this patch makes the format for NAME and SYMLINK a bit more flexible:
> > I've added a new format specifier '%s{<SYSFS_var>}', which allows for
> > the value of any sysfs entry found for this device to be inserted.
> > Example (for our S/390 fcp adapter):
> >
> > BUS="ccw", SYSFS_devtype="1732/03", NAME="%k" \
> > SYMLINK="zfcp-%s{hba_id}-%s{wwpn}:%s{fcp_lun}"
> >
> > I know this could also be done with an external program, but having this
> > incorporated into udev makes life easier, especially if run from
> > initramfs. Plus it makes the rules easier to follow, as the result is
> > directly visible and need not to be looked up in some external program.
> >
> > Comments etc. welcome.
>
> Oops, sorry I missed this for the 017 release. I'll look at it tomorrow
> and get back to you. At first glance it looks like a good thing.
>
> Oh, you forgot to update the documentation, that's important to do if
> you want this change to make it in :)
I took a part of the code and made a version that uses already implemented
attribute finding logic.
The parsing of the format length '%3x' and the '%x{attribute}' is a fuction now,
maybe there are more possible users in the future.
I've also added the test to udev-test.pl.
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