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Diffstat (limited to 'udev.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | udev.8 | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ reads the sysfs directory of the given device to collect device attributes like label, serial number or bus device number. These attributes are treated as a key to determine a unique name for device file creation. -udev maintains a database for devices present on the system. +.B udev +maintains a database for devices present on the system. .br On device removal, .B udev queries the internal database for the name of the device file to be deleted. .SH "CONFIGURATION" -udev expects its configuration at +.B udev +expects its configuration at .I /etc/udev/udev.config. The file consists of a set of lines. All empty lines and lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored. @@ -85,8 +87,8 @@ TOPOLOGY, BUS="usb", PLACE="2.3", NAME="mouse1" # ttyUSB1 should always be called pda REPLACE, KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="pda" -# if /sbin/dev_id returns "V0815" device will be called dev0815 -CALLOUT, PROGRAM="/sbin/dev_id", BUS="pci", ID="V0815", NAME="dev0815" +# if /sbin/scsi_id returns "OEM 0815" device will be called disk1 +CALLOUT, PROGRAM="/sbin/scsi_id" BUS="scsi", ID="OEM 0815" NAME="disk1" .fi .P Permissions and ownership for the created device files may specified at @@ -120,5 +122,6 @@ The .I http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/ web site. .SH AUTHORS -udev was developed by Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> with much help from +.B udev +was developed by Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> with much help from Dan Stekloff <dsteklof@us.ibm.com> and many others. |