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-rw-r--r--udev.810
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index e227834f36..47275873c8 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ greg@kroah.com
- fix kernel name logic to handle devices like sdaj and such.
- more documentation (can never have too much.)
-- add symlink generation and removal support
- better partition support (it's a hack right now, maybe new libsysfs changes
can help out a lot here.)
- allow database to be queried by other programs
diff --git a/udev.8 b/udev.8
index 0c461967d2..7b4e17b5c4 100644
--- a/udev.8
+++ b/udev.8
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ file.
Every line in the rules file define the mapping between device attributes and
the device file name. It starts with a keyword defining the method used to
match, followed by one ore more keys to compare and the filename for the
-device. Optional the name for a symlink targeting the node may specified.
+device. One ore more optional symlinks targeting the node may be specified.
.br
If no matching configuration is found, the default kernel device name
is used.
@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@ NUMBER, BUS="pci", ID="00:0b.0", NAME="dsp"
# USB mouse at third port of the second hub to be called mouse1
TOPOLOGY, BUS="usb", PLACE="2.3", NAME="mouse1"
-# ttyUSB1 should always be called pda
-REPLACE, KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="pda"
+# ttyUSB1 should always be called pda with two additional symlinks
+REPLACE, KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="pda", SYMLINK="palmtop handheld"
-# USB webcams with symlinks to be called webcam0, webcam1, ...
-LABEL, BUS="usb", model="WebCam Version 3", NAME="video%n", SYMLINK="webcam%n"
+# multiple USB webcams with symlinks to be called webcam0, webcam1, ...
+LABEL, BUS="usb", model="WebCam V3", NAME="video%n", SYMLINK="webcam%n"
.fi
.P
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