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