From c082b99acbc4b25fd133a88bfabf68eee23d7b0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kay Sievers Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:49:02 +0100 Subject: remove %e from man page Simple %e enumerations never worked reliably outside of udevstart and udevstart is no longer recommended to use. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers --- docs/udev.xml | 18 ++---------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/udev.xml b/docs/udev.xml index 3db66f8001..8c07f0e687 100644 --- a/docs/udev.xml +++ b/docs/udev.xml @@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ Usually udev runs as udevd 8 and receives uevents directly from the - kernel if a device is added or removed form the system. The program - udev itself may be used as an event handler in situations, - where running the daemon is not appropriate, like in initramfs. + kernel if a device is added or removed form the system. If udev receives a device event, it matches its configured rules against the available device attributes provided in sysfs to identify the device. @@ -393,7 +391,7 @@ - , + , The value of an environment variable. @@ -424,18 +422,6 @@ - - , - - If a device node already exists with the name, the smallest next free - number is used. This can be used to create compatibility symlinks and enumerate - devices of the same type originating from different kernel subsystems. - Note: The use of the enumeration facility is unreliable for events that - request a number at the same time. The use of enumerations in todays setups - where devices can come and go at any time is not recommended. - - - , -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf