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