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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/udev/udev.xml b/udev/udev.xml index 20c394c28b..336b203bec 100644 --- a/udev/udev.xml +++ b/udev/udev.xml @@ -75,12 +75,13 @@ the custom rules directory <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/</filename> and the temporary rules directory <filename>/dev/.udev/rules.d/</filename>. All rule files are sorted and processed in lexical order, regardless - in which of these directories they live.</para> + in which of these directories they live. Files in + <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/</filename> have precedence over files with + the same name in <filename>/lib/udev/rules.d/</filename>. This can be + used to ignore a default rules file if needed.</para> - <para>Rule files are required to have a unique name, duplicate file names - are ignored. Files in <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/</filename> have precedence - over files with the same name in <filename>/lib/udev/rules.d/</filename>. This - can be used to ignore a default rules file if needed.</para> + <para>Rule files must end in <filename>.rules</filename>, other extensions + are ignored.</para> <para>Every line in the rules file contains at least one key value pair. There are two kind of keys, match and assignment keys. |