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Diffstat (limited to 'udev.8.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | udev.8.in | 42 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 18 deletions
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ the name is used to name the device file or the network interface. .br If no matching rule is found, the default kernel device name is used. .P -Every rule consists of a list of comma separated fields: +Every rule consists of a list of comma separated key value fields: .sp -.IR "key " ,[ "key " ,...] " name " [, " symlink" ] -.sp -where fields are: +.IR "key " ,[ "key " ,...] +.P +The following key names can be used to match against device properties: .TP .B BUS Match the bus type of the device. @@ -126,18 +126,20 @@ the key doesn't have any trailing whitespace characters by itself. Call external program. This key is valid if the program returns successful. The environment variables of .B udev -are also available for the program. +are also available to the program. .br The string returned by the program may be additionally matched with the .B RESULT -key. +key in the same or any later rule. .TP .B RESULT Match the returned string of the last .B PROGRAM -call. This key may be used in any following rule after a +call. This key can be used in the same or in any later rule after a .B PROGRAM call. +.P +The following keys can get values assigned: .TP .B NAME The name of the node to be created, or the name, the network interface @@ -162,6 +164,10 @@ The permissions for the device node. Every specified value overwrites the compiled-in default value. .TP .B OPTIONS +.B last_rule +will be the last rule applied. No later rules will have any effect. +.sp +.B OPTIONS .B ignore_device will ignore this device. No node will be created. .sp @@ -240,31 +246,31 @@ the first three characters of the sysfs attribute. .sp .nf # if /sbin/scsi_id returns "OEM 0815", the device will be called disk1 -BUS="scsi", PROGRAM="/sbin/scsi_id", RESULT="OEM 0815", NAME="disk1" +BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="/sbin/scsi_id", RESULT=="OEM 0815", NAME="disk1" # USB printer to be called lp_color -BUS="usb", SYSFS{serial}="W09090207101241330", NAME="lp_color" +BUS=="usb", SYSFS{serial}=="W09090207101241330", NAME="lp_color" # SCSI disk with a specific vendor and model number will be called boot -BUS="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}="IBM", SYSFS{model}="ST336", NAME="boot%n" +BUS=="scsi", SYSFS{vendor}=="IBM", SYSFS{model}=="ST336", NAME="boot%n" # sound card with PCI bus id 00:0b.0 to be called dsp -BUS="pci", ID="00:0b.0", NAME="dsp" +BUS=="pci", ID=="00:0b.0", NAME="dsp" # USB mouse at third port of the second hub to be called mouse1 -BUS="usb", ID="2.3", NAME="mouse1" +BUS=="usb", ID=="2.3", NAME="mouse1" # ttyUSB1 should always be called pda with two additional symlinks -KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="pda", SYMLINK="palmtop handheld" +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" +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", +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 |