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diff --git a/docs/udevd.xml b/docs/udevd.xml
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+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<article>
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>xmlto</title>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Kay</firstname>
+ <surname>Sievers</surname>
+ <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>
+ </author>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2005</year>
+ <holder>Kay Sievers</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ </articleinfo>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>udevd, udevsend, udevcontrol</title>
+ <refentry>
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>udevd</title>
+ <date>August 2005</date>
+ <productname>udev</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>udevd</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>udevd</refname><refpurpose>event managing daemon</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>udevd</command>
+ <arg><option>--daemon</option></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>udevcontrol <replaceable>command</replaceable></command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>udevsend <replaceable>subsystem</replaceable></command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>udevd listens to kernel uevents and passes the incoming events to
+ udev. It ensures the right event order and takes care, that events for child
+ devices are delayed until the parent has finished the device handling. </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--daemon</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Detach and run in the background.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>log_priority=<replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>udevcontrol can dynamically set the log level of udevd.
+ Valid values are the numerical syslog priorities or their textual
+ representations: err, info and debug.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>stop_exec_queue</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>udevcontrol stops the execution of events from udevd.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>start_exec_queue</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>udevcontrol starts the execution of events from udevd.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
+ <para>Written by Kay Sievers <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para><citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry></para>
+ </refsect1>
+ </refentry>
+ </section>
+</article>
diff --git a/docs/udevinfo.xml b/docs/udevinfo.xml
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+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<article>
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>xmlto</title>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Kay</firstname>
+ <surname>Sievers</surname>
+ <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>
+ </author>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2005</year>
+ <holder>Kay Sievers</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ </articleinfo>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>udevinfo</title>
+ <refentry>
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>udevinfo</title>
+ <date>August 2005</date>
+ <productname>udev</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>udevinfo</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>udevinfo</refname><refpurpose>query device information from the udev database</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>udevinfo</command>
+ <arg><option>-q <replaceable>query-type</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-a </option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-p <replaceable>device-path</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-n <replaceable>node-name</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-r</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-e</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-V</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-h</option></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>udevinfo queries the udev database for device information
+ stored in the udev database. udevinfo also queries the properties
+ of a device from its sysfs representation to help creating udev
+ rules to match this device.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-q</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Query the database for specified type of device data. It needs the
+ <option>-p</option> or <option>-n</option> to identify the specified
+ device. Valid queries are:
+ <command>name</command>, <command>symlink</command>, <command>path</command>,
+ <command>env</command>, <command>all</command>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-a</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Print all sysfs properties of the specified device that can be used
+ in udev rules to match the specified device. It prints all devices
+ along the chain, up to the root of sysfs that can be used in udev rules.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-p <replaceable>device-path</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The sysfs path of the device to query.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-n <replaceable>node-name</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The name of the device node or a symlink to query</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-r</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The udev root directory: <filename>/dev</filename>. If used in conjunction
+ with a <command>name</command> or <command>symlink</command> query, the
+ query returns the absolute path.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-e</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Export the content of the udev database.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-h</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Print help text.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
+ <para>Written by Kay Sievers <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para><citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry></para>
+ </refsect1>
+ </refentry>
+ </section>
+</article>
diff --git a/docs/udevmonitor.xml b/docs/udevmonitor.xml
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+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<article>
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>xmlto</title>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Kay</firstname>
+ <surname>Sievers</surname>
+ <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>
+ </author>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2005</year>
+ <holder>Kay Sievers</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ </articleinfo>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>udevmonitor</title>
+ <refentry>
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>udevmonitor</title>
+ <date>August 2005</date>
+ <productname>udev</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>udevmonitor</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>udevmonitor</refname>
+ <refpurpose>print the kernel and udev event sequence to the console</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>udevmonitor</command>
+ <arg><option>--env</option></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>udevmonitor listens to the kernel uevents and events send out by a udev rule
+ and prints the devpath of the event to the console. It can be used analyze to the
+ event timing by comparing the timestamps of the kernel uevent with the udev event.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--env</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Print the complete environment for all events. Can be used to compare the
+ kernel supplied and the udev added environment values.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
+ <para>Written by Kay Sievers <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para><citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry></para>
+ </refsect1>
+ </refentry>
+ </section>
+</article>
diff --git a/docs/udevstart.xml b/docs/udevstart.xml
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+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<article>
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>xmlto</title>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Kay</firstname>
+ <surname>Sievers</surname>
+ <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>
+ </author>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2005</year>
+ <holder>Kay Sievers</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ </articleinfo>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>udevstart</title>
+ <refentry>
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>udevstart</title>
+ <date>August 2005</date>
+ <productname>udev</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>udevstart</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>udevstart</refname><refpurpose>populate initial device directory</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>udevstart</command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>udevstart scans the kernel exported device information available in
+ sysfs for devices which require a device node to operate and creates the node
+ using the specified udev rules. udevstart is used to create the initial
+ device directory after system bootup.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
+ <para>Written by Harald Hoyer <email>harald@redhat.com</email>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para><citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry></para>
+ </refsect1>
+ </refentry>
+ </section>
+</article>
diff --git a/docs/udevtest.xml b/docs/udevtest.xml
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+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<article>
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>xmlto</title>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Kay</firstname>
+ <surname>Sievers</surname>
+ <email>kay.sievers@vrfy.org</email>
+ </author>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2005</year>
+ <holder>Kay Sievers</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ </articleinfo>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>udevtest</title>
+ <refentry>
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>udevtest</title>
+ <date>August 2005</date>
+ <productname>udev</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>udevtest</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>udevtest</refname>
+ <refpurpose>simulate a udev run and print the action to the console</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>udevtest <filename>device-path</filename> <replaceable>subsystem</replaceable></command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>udevtest simulates a udev run for the given device and prints out the
+ name of the node udev would have created, or the name of the network interface,
+ that would have been renamend.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
+ <para>Written by Greg Kroah-Hartman <email>greg@kroah.com</email>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para><citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry></para>
+ </refsect1>
+ </refentry>
+ </section>
+</article>