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</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1><title>Description</title>
- <para>udevd listens to kernel uevents and executes the instructions specified
- in rules. On startup the content of the directory
- <filename>/lib/udev/devices</filename> is copied to <filename>/dev</filename>.
- If kernel modules specify static device nodes, these nodes are created
- even wihtout a corresponding kernel device, to allow on-demand loading of kernel
- modules. Matching permissions specified in udev rules are applied to these
- static device nodes. The behavior of the running daemon can be changed with
+ <para>udevd listens to kernel uevents. For every event, udevd executes matching
+ instructions specified in udev rules. See <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>.</para>
+ <para>On startup the content of the directory <filename>/lib/udev/devices</filename>
+ is copied to <filename>/dev</filename>. If kernel modules specify static device
+ nodes, these nodes are created even wihtout a corresponding kernel device, to
+ allow on-demand loading of kernel modules. Matching permissions specified in udev
+ rules are applied to these static device nodes.</para>
+ <para>The behavior of the running daemon can be changed with
<command>udevadm control</command>.</para>
</refsect1>