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authorKarl O. Pinc <kop@meme.com>2008-07-02 10:20:58 +0200
committerKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2008-07-02 10:20:58 +0200
commit01e8dd08ef317175d8299ef4cbe24802de80770a (patch)
tree6d49cfd38713a2872d5e8bdaf30653356cd3e953 /udev.xml
parent8bf875ff282e683e80849113c87660c7b2a0e772 (diff)
man: clarify $attr{} parent searching
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diff --git a/udev.xml b/udev.xml
index 5eff452b77..7fefe48a44 100644
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@@ -522,8 +522,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>The value of a sysfs attribute found at the device, where
all keys of the rule have matched. If the matching device does not have
- such an attribute, all devices along the chain of parents are searched
- for a matching attribute.
+ such an attribute, follow the chain of parent devices and use the value
+ of the first attribute that matches.
If the attribute is a symlink, the last element of the symlink target is
returned as the value.</para>
</listitem>