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<refsect1><title>Hardware Database Files</title>
<para>The hwdb files are read from the files located in the
- system hwdb directory <filename>&udevlibexecdir;/hwdb.d</filename>,
- the volatile runtime directory <filename>/run/udev/hwdb.d</filename>
+ system hwdb directory <filename>&udevlibexecdir;/hwdb.d</filename>
and the local administration directory <filename>/etc/udev/hwdb.d</filename>.
All hwdb files are collectively sorted and processed in lexical order,
regardless of the directories in which they live. However, files with
identical filenames replace each other. Files in <filename>/etc</filename>
- have the highest priority, files in <filename>/run</filename> take precedence
- over files with the same name in <filename>&rootprefix;/lib</filename>. This can be
- used to override a system-supplied hwdb file with a local file if needed;
+ take precedence over files with the same name in <filename>&rootprefix;/lib</filename>.
+ This can be used to override a system-supplied hwdb file with a local file if needed;
a symlink in <filename>/etc</filename> with the same name as a hwdb file in
<filename>&rootprefix;/lib</filename>, pointing to <filename>/dev/null</filename>,
disables the hwdb file entirely. hwdb files must have the extension