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authorkay.sievers@vrfy.org <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2004-02-26 19:39:33 -0800
committerGreg KH <gregkh@suse.de>2005-04-26 21:32:30 -0700
commitbef370d6ebd6707cc2ef183c2dc83f4a62d8111b (patch)
treed423d060576712d8fee858ea11cc70e27905ad36 /udevd.8
parentc472e3c89b9aaad90ad6398c0d2ff5dcf5a9d238 (diff)
[PATCH] udev - man page update
Hey it's not longer the "goal" to provide a dynamic dev directory, we have just arrived. So I change it to more self-confident words :) I've also added the completly missing environment variables to the man pages. To stop the misuse of the PROGRAM= call paramenters, we better mention its limitations.
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diff --git a/udevd.8 b/udevd.8
index ab13a31107..30adb94f2b 100644
--- a/udevd.8
+++ b/udevd.8
@@ -3,6 +3,21 @@
udevd \- udev event serializer daemon
.br
udevsend \- sends the event to udevd
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.BI udevsend " hotplug-subsystem"
+.sp
+The environment must provide the following variables:
+.TP
+.B ACTION
+.IR add " or " remove
+signifies the connection or disconnection of a device.
+.TP
+.B DEVPATH
+The sysfs devpath of the device without the mountpoint but a leading slash.
+.TP
+.B SEQNUM
+The sequence number of the event provided by the kernel.
+If unset, the event bypasses the queue and will be executed immediately.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B udevd
allows the serialization of
@@ -33,7 +48,9 @@ isn't already running,
.B udevsend
will start it.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR udev (8), " hotplug" (8)
+.BR udev (8),
+.BR udevinfo (8),
+.BR hotplug (8)
.SH AUTHORS
.B udevd
was developed primarily by Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>, with much help