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Diffstat (limited to 'udev.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | udev.8 | 41 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ The line format is: .RE where valid methods with corresponding keys are: .TP +.B CALLOUT +calling external program, that returns a string to match +.br +keys: \fBBUS\fP, \fBPROGRAM\fP, \fBID\fP +.TP .B LABEL device label or serial number, like USB serial number, SCSI UUID or file system label @@ -66,13 +71,23 @@ keys: \fBBUS\fP, \fBPLACE\fP string replacement of the kernel device name .br key: \fBKERNEL_NAME\fP -.TP +.P +The methods are applied in the following order: .B CALLOUT -calling external program, that returns a string to match -.br -keys: \fBBUS\fP, \fBPROGRAM\fP, \fBID\fP +, +.B LABEL +, +.B NUMBER +, +.B TOPOLOGY +, +.B REPLACE .P -The name field supports simple printf-like string subtitution: +The +.B NAME +and +.B PROGRAM +fields support simple printf-like string subtitution: .RS .TP .B %n @@ -87,11 +102,17 @@ the kernel minor number for the device .TP .B %b the bus id for the device +.TP +.B %c +the CALLOUT program return value (this does not work within the PROGRAM field for the obvious reason.) .RE .P A sample \fIudev.conf\fP might look like this: .sp .nf +# if /sbin/scsi_id returns "OEM 0815" device will be called disk1 +CALLOUT, BUS="scsi", PROGRAM="/sbin/scsi_id", ID="OEM 0815", NAME="disk1" + # USB printer to be called lp_color LABEL, BUS="usb", serial="W09090207101241330", NAME="lp_color" @@ -104,9 +125,6 @@ TOPOLOGY, BUS="usb", PLACE="2.3", NAME="mouse1" # ttyUSB1 should always be called pda REPLACE, KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="pda" -# if /sbin/scsi_id returns "OEM 0815" device will be called disk1 -CALLOUT, BUS="scsi", PROGRAM="/sbin/scsi_id", ID="OEM 0815", NAME="disk1" - # USB webcams to be called webcam0, webcam1, ... LABEL, BUS="usb", model="WebCam Version 3", NAME="webcam%n" .fi @@ -119,6 +137,8 @@ lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored. Every line lists a device name followed by numeric owner, group and permission mode. All values are separated by colons. The name field may end with a wildcard to apply the values to a whole class of devices. +.br +If udev was built using glibc, string owner and group names may be used. .sp A sample \fIudev.permissions\fP might look like this: .sp @@ -128,6 +148,11 @@ ttyUSB1:0:8:0660 video*:500:500:0660 dsp1:::0666 .fi +.P +If +.B +udev +was built using glibc, string owner and group names may be used. .SH "FILES" .nf |