From 3e2147858f21943d5f4a781c60f33ac22c6096ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kay Sievers Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 21:24:46 +0200 Subject: move imported udev into place --- man/udevd.xml | 151 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 151 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/udevd.xml (limited to 'man/udevd.xml') diff --git a/man/udevd.xml b/man/udevd.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c516eb9793 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/udevd.xml @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ + + + + + + + udevd + udev + + + + udevd + 8 + + + + + udevdevent managing daemon + + + + + udevd + + + + + + + + + + + Description + udevd listens to kernel uevents. For every event, udevd executes matching + instructions specified in udev rules. See + udev7 + . + On startup the content of the directory /usr/lib/udev/devices + is copied to /dev. If kernel modules specify static device + nodes, these nodes are created even without 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 + udevadm control. + + + Options + + + + + Detach and run in the background. + + + + + + Print debug messages to stderr. + + + + + + Limit the number of parallel executed events. + + + + + + Number of seconds to delay the execution of RUN instructions. + This might be useful when debugging system crashes during coldplug + cause by loading non-working kernel modules. + + + + + + Specify when udevd should resolve names of users and groups. + When set to (the default) names will be + resolved when the rules are parsed. When set to + names will be resolved for every event. + When set to names will never be resolved + and all devices will be owned by root. + + + + + + Print version number. + + + + + + Print help text. + + + + + + Environment + + + UDEV_LOG= + + Set the logging priority. + + + + + + Kernel command line + + + udev.log-priority= + + Set the logging priority. + + + + udev.children-max= + + Limit the number of parallel executed events. + + + + udev.exec-delay= + + Number of seconds to delay the execution of RUN instructions. + This might be useful when debugging system crashes during coldplug + cause by loading non-working kernel modules. + + + + + + Author + Written by Kay Sievers kay.sievers@vrfy.org. + + + + See Also + + udev7 + , + udevadm8 + + + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf