source: BOOK/boot/common/eudev.xml@ 6ed3b08

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-boot-eudev" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="eudev.html"?>
10
11 <title>Eudev-&eudev-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev">
14 <primary sortas="a-Eudev">Eudev</primary>
15 <secondary>boot</secondary>
16 </indexterm>
17
18 <sect2 role="package">
19 <title/>
20
21 <para>The Eudev package contains programs for dynamic creation of device
22 nodes.</para>
23
24 </sect2>
25
26 <sect2 role="installation">
27 <title>Installation of Eudev</title>
28
29 <para os="a">Prepare Eudev for compilation:</para>
30
31<screen os="b"><userinput>BLKID_CFLAGS="-I/tools/include" BLKID_LIBS="-L/tools/lib -lblkid" \
32KMOD_CFLAGS="-I/tools/include/" KMOD_LIBS="-L/tools/lib -lkmod" \
33LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,/tools/lib:/lib" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
34 --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
35 --with-rootprefix='' --enable-split-usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
36 --libexecdir=/lib --bindir=/sbin --sbindir=/sbin --libdir=/usr/lib \
37 --with-rootlibdir=/lib --disable-introspection --disable-gtk-doc-html \
38 --disable-gudev --disable-keymap --with-firmware-path=/lib/firmware \
39 --enable-libkmod</userinput></screen>
40
41 <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
42
43<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
44
45 <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
46
47<screen os="j"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install</userinput></screen>
48
49 <para os="i">Create a directory for storing firmware that can be
50 loaded by <command>udev</command>:</para>
51
52<screen os="k"><userinput>install -dv ${CLFS}/lib/firmware</userinput></screen>
53
54 <para os="r1">Create a dummy rule so that Eudev will name ethernet devices properly for the system.</para>
55
56<screen os="r2"><userinput>echo "# dummy, so that network is once again on eth*" \
57> ${CLFS}/etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules</userinput></screen>
58
59 </sect2>
60
61 <sect2 id="contents-eudev" role="content">
62 <title>Contents of Eudev</title>
63
64 <segmentedlist>
65 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
66 <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
67 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
68
69 <seglistitem>
70 <seg>ata_id, cdrom_id, collect, create_floppy_devices, edd_id,
71 firmware.sh, fstab_import, path_id, scsi_id, udevadm, udevd, usb_id,
72 v4l_id, write_cd_rules, write_net_rules</seg>
73 <seg>libudev</seg>
74 <seg>/etc/udev, /lib/firmware, /lib/udev, /usr/share/doc/udev</seg>
75 </seglistitem>
76 </segmentedlist>
77
78 <variablelist>
79 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
80 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
81 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
82
83 <varlistentry id="udevadm">
84 <term><command>udevadm</command></term>
85 <listitem>
86 <para>Controls the runtime behavior of Eudev, requests kernel
87 events, manages the event queue, and provides simple debugging.</para>
88 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev udevadm">
89 <primary sortas="b-udevadm">udevadm</primary>
90 </indexterm>
91 </listitem>
92 </varlistentry>
93
94 <varlistentry id="udevd">
95 <term><command>udevd</command></term>
96 <listitem>
97 <para>A daemon that reorders hotplug events before submitting them to
98 <command>udev</command>,
99 thus avoiding various race conditions</para>
100 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev udevd">
101 <primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary>
102 </indexterm>
103 </listitem>
104 </varlistentry>
105
106 <!-- Start of Helpers -->
107 <varlistentry id="ata_id">
108 <term><command>ata_id</command></term>
109 <listitem>
110 <para>Provides Eudev with a unique string and additional
111 information (uuid, label) for an ATA drive</para>
112 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev ata_id">
113 <primary sortas="b-ata_id">ata_id</primary>
114 </indexterm>
115 </listitem>
116 </varlistentry>
117
118 <varlistentry id="cdrom_id">
119 <term><command>cdrom_id</command></term>
120 <listitem>
121 <para>Prints the capabilities of a CDROM or DVDROM drive.</para>
122 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev cdrom_id">
123 <primary sortas="b-cdrom_id">cdrom_id</primary>
124 </indexterm>
125 </listitem>
126 </varlistentry>
127
128 <varlistentry id="collect">
129 <term><command>collect</command></term>
130 <listitem>
131 <para>Given an ID for the current uevent and a list of IDs
132(for all target uevents), registers the current ID and indicates whether
133all target IDs have been registered.</para>
134 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev collect">
135 <primary sortas="b-collect">collect</primary>
136 </indexterm>
137 </listitem>
138 </varlistentry>
139
140 <varlistentry id="create_floppy_devices">
141 <term><command>create_floppy_devices</command></term>
142 <listitem>
143 <para>Creates all possible floppy devices based on the CMOS type</para>
144 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev create_floppy_devices">
145 <primary sortas="b-create_floppy_devices">create_floppy_devices</primary>
146 </indexterm>
147 </listitem>
148 </varlistentry>
149
150 <varlistentry id="edd_id">
151 <term><command>edd_id</command></term>
152 <listitem>
153 <para>Identifies x86 disk drives from Enhanced Disk Drive calls</para>
154 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev edd_id">
155 <primary sortas="b-edd_id">edd_id</primary>
156 </indexterm>
157 </listitem>
158 </varlistentry>
159
160 <varlistentry id="firmware.sh">
161 <term><command>firmware.sh</command></term>
162 <listitem>
163 <para>Script to load firmware for a device</para>
164 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev firmware.sh">
165 <primary sortas="b-firmware.sh">firmware.sh</primary>
166 </indexterm>
167 </listitem>
168 </varlistentry>
169
170 <varlistentry id="fstab_import">
171 <term><command>fstab_import</command></term>
172 <listitem>
173 <para>Finds an entry in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> that matches
174the current device, and provides its information to Udev.</para>
175 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev fstab_import">
176 <primary sortas="b-fstab_import">fstab_import</primary>
177 </indexterm>
178 </listitem>
179 </varlistentry>
180
181 <varlistentry id="path_id">
182 <term><command>path_id</command></term>
183 <listitem>
184 <para>Provides the shortest possible unique hardware path to a
185 device</para>
186 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev path_id">
187 <primary sortas="b-path_id">path_id</primary>
188 </indexterm>
189 </listitem>
190 </varlistentry>
191
192 <varlistentry id="scsi_id">
193 <term><command>scsi_id</command></term>
194 <listitem>
195 <para>Retrieves or generates a unique SCSI identifier.</para>
196 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev scsi_id">
197 <primary sortas="b-scsi_id">scsi_id</primary>
198 </indexterm>
199 </listitem>
200 </varlistentry>
201
202 <varlistentry id="usb_id">
203 <term><command>usb_id</command></term>
204 <listitem>
205 <para>Identifies a USB block device.</para>
206 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev usb_id">
207 <primary sortas="b-usb_id">usb_id</primary>
208 </indexterm>
209 </listitem>
210 </varlistentry>
211
212 <varlistentry id="v4l_id">
213 <term><command>v4l_id</command></term>
214 <listitem>
215 <para>Determines V4L capabilities for a given device.</para>
216 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev v4l_id">
217 <primary sortas="b-v4l_id">v4l_id</primary>
218 </indexterm>
219 </listitem>
220 </varlistentry>
221
222 <varlistentry id="write_cd_rules">
223 <term><command>write_cd_rules</command></term>
224 <listitem>
225 <para>A script which generates Eudev rules to provide stable names
226for network interfaces.</para>
227 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev write_cd_rules">
228 <primary sortas="b-write_cd_rules">write_cd_rules</primary>
229 </indexterm>
230 </listitem>
231 </varlistentry>
232
233 <varlistentry id="write_net_rules">
234 <term><command>write_net_rules</command></term>
235 <listitem>
236 <para>A script which generates Eudev rules to provide stable names
237for network interfaces.</para>
238 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev write_net_rules">
239 <primary sortas="b-write_net_rules">write_net_rules</primary>
240 </indexterm>
241 </listitem>
242 </varlistentry>
243<!-- End of Helpers -->
244
245 <varlistentry id="libudev">
246 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libudev</filename></term>
247 <listitem>
248 <para>A library interface to eudev device information.</para>
249 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev libudev">
250 <primary sortas="c-libudev">libudev</primary>
251 </indexterm>
252 </listitem>
253 </varlistentry>
254
255 <varlistentry id="etc-eudev">
256 <term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term>
257 <listitem>
258 <para>Contains <command>udev</command> configuration files,
259 device permissions, and rules for device naming</para>
260 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev etc-eudev">
261 <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev">/etc/udev</primary>
262 </indexterm>
263 </listitem>
264 </varlistentry>
265
266 <varlistentry id="lib-eudev">
267 <term><filename class="directory">/lib/udev</filename></term>
268 <listitem>
269 <para>Contains <command>udev</command> helper programs
270 and static devices which get copied to /dev when booted.</para>
271 <indexterm zone="ch-boot-eudev lib-eudev">
272 <primary sortas="e-/lib/udev">/lib/udev</primary>
273 </indexterm>
274 </listitem>
275 </varlistentry>
276 </variablelist>
277
278 </sect2>
279
280</sect1>
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