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Diffstat (limited to 'udev.8.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | udev.8.in | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -272,6 +272,13 @@ all remaining parts of the result string are substituted: .BI %s{ filename } The content of a sysfs attribute. .TP +.B %e +If a device node already exists with the name, the smallest positive +decimal integer N is substituted such that the resulting name doesn't +match an existing device node. Otherwise nothing is substituted. This +can be used to create compatibility symlinks and enumerate devices of +the same type originating from different kernel subsystems. +.TP .B %% The '%' character itself. .P @@ -302,6 +309,14 @@ KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="pda", SYMLINK="palmtop handheld" # multiple USB webcams with symlinks to be called webcam0, webcam1, ... BUS="usb", SYSFS{model}="XV3", NAME="video%n", SYMLINK="webcam%n" + +# grouping of optical drives from multiple kernel subsystems +KERNEL="sr*", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="cdrom%e" +KERNEL="scd*", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="cdrom%e" +KERNEL="pcd*", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="cdrom%e" +KERNEL="hd[a-z]", PROGRAM="/bin/cat /proc/ide/%k/media", RESULT="cdrom", + NAME="%k", SYMLINK="cdrom%e" + .fi .P The permissions and ownership of the created device file is read from |