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| author | Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> | 2010-05-29 22:51:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> | 2010-05-29 22:51:55 +0200 |
| commit | b130944f994846536d01813820b3db0347a90d78 (patch) | |
| tree | c09eaf3c31b7498f9349bae919d88b2e54ba0402 /udev/udevd.xml | |
| parent | 8f7f1a2b521b91e94437423886fe542c690adb27 (diff) | |
man: udevd - update intro
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| -rw-r--r-- | udev/udevd.xml | 17 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/udev/udevd.xml b/udev/udevd.xml index f6cd9864d1..de06a6173f 100644 --- a/udev/udevd.xml +++ b/udev/udevd.xml @@ -33,13 +33,16 @@ </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1><title>Description</title> - <para>udevd listens to kernel uevents and executes the instructions specified - in rules. On startup the content of the directory - <filename>/lib/udev/devices</filename> is copied to <filename>/dev</filename>. - If kernel modules specify static device nodes, these nodes are created - even wihtout 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. The behavior of the running daemon can be changed with + <para>udevd 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>On startup the content of the directory <filename>/lib/udev/devices</filename> + is copied to <filename>/dev</filename>. If kernel modules specify static device + nodes, these nodes are created even wihtout 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> |