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Diffstat (limited to 'udev/udev.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | udev/udev.xml | 25 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/udev/udev.xml b/udev/udev.xml index 7b31173b21..fca0dad7bf 100644 --- a/udev/udev.xml +++ b/udev/udev.xml @@ -167,9 +167,8 @@ <varlistentry> <term><option>NAME</option></term> <listitem> - <para>Match the name of the node or network interface. It can - be used once the NAME key has been set in one of the preceding - rules.</para> + <para>Match the name of a network interface. It can be used once the + NAME key has been set in one of the preceding rules.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -319,17 +318,8 @@ <varlistentry> <term><option>NAME</option></term> <listitem> - <para>What a network interface should be named.</para> - <para>Also, as a temporary workaround, this is what a device node - should be named; usually the kernel provides the defined node name or creates - and removes the node before udev even receives any event. Changing - the node name from the kernel's default creates inconsistencies - and is not supported. If the kernel and NAME specify different names, - an error is logged. udev is only expected to handle device node - permissions and to create additional symlinks, not to change - kernel-provided device node names. Instead of renaming a device node, - SYMLINK should be used. However, symlink names must never conflict with - device node names, as that would result in unpredictable behavior.</para> + <para>The name to use for a network interface. The name of a device node + can not be changed by udev, only additional symlinks can be created.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -637,7 +627,7 @@ <varlistentry> <term><option>$name</option></term> <listitem> - <para>The current name of the device node. If not changed by a rule, it is the + <para>The current name of the device. If not changed by a rule, it is the name of the kernel device.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -665,10 +655,9 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><option>$tempnode</option>, <option>%N</option></term> + <term><option>$devnode</option>, <option>%N</option></term> <listitem> - <para>The name of a temporary device node created to provide access to - the device from a external program before the real node is created.</para> + <para>The name of the device node.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |