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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-udev" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="udev.html"?>
10
11 <title>Udev-&udev-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev">
14 <primary sortas="a-Udev">Udev</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The Udev package contains programs for dynamic creation of device
21 nodes.</para>
22
23 </sect2>
24
25 <sect2 role="installation">
26 <title>Installation of Udev</title>
27
28 <para os="a">Prepare Udev for compilation:</para>
29
30<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix= \
31 --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen>
32
33 <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
34
35<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
36
37 <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
38
39<screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
40
41 <para os="i">Install documentation:</para>
42
43<screen os="j"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D docs/writing_udev_rules/index.html \
44 /usr/share/doc/udev-&udev-version;/index.html</userinput></screen>
45
46 <para os="k">Create a directory for storing firmware that can be
47 loaded by <command>udev</command>:</para>
48
49<screen os="l"><userinput>install -dv /lib/firmware</userinput></screen>
50
51 </sect2>
52
53 <sect2 id="contents-udev" role="content">
54 <title>Contents of Udev</title>
55
56 <segmentedlist>
57 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
58 <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
59 <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
60
61 <seglistitem>
62 <seg>udevadm, udevd</seg>
63 <seg>libvolume_id, libudev</seg>
64 <seg>/etc/udev, /lib/udev</seg>
65 </seglistitem>
66 </segmentedlist>
67
68 <variablelist>
69 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
70 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
71 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
72
73 <varlistentry id="udevadm">
74 <term><command>udevadm</command></term>
75 <listitem>
76 <para>udevadm controls the runtime behavior of udev, requests kernel
77 events, manages the event queue, and provides simple debugging.</para>
78 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevadm">
79 <primary sortas="b-udevadm">udevadm</primary>
80 </indexterm>
81 </listitem>
82 </varlistentry>
83
84 <varlistentry id="udevd">
85 <term><command>udevd</command></term>
86 <listitem>
87 <para>A daemon that reorders hotplug events before submitting them to
88 <command>udev</command>,
89 thus avoiding various race conditions</para>
90 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd">
91 <primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary>
92 </indexterm>
93 </listitem>
94 </varlistentry>
95
96 <!-- Start of Helpers -->
97 <varlistentry id="ata_id">
98 <term><command>ata_id</command></term>
99 <listitem>
100 <para>Provides Udev with a unique string and additional
101 information (uuid, label) for an ATA drive</para>
102 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev ata_id">
103 <primary sortas="b-ata_id">ata_id</primary>
104 </indexterm>
105 </listitem>
106 </varlistentry>
107
108 <varlistentry id="cdrom_id">
109 <term><command>cdrom_id</command></term>
110 <listitem>
111 <para>Print the capabilities of a CDROM or DVDROM drive.</para>
112 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev cdrom_id">
113 <primary sortas="b-cdrom_id">cdrom_id</primary>
114 </indexterm>
115 </listitem>
116 </varlistentry>
117
118 <varlistentry id="collect">
119 <term><command>collect</command></term>
120 <listitem>
121 <para>DESCRIPTION REQUIRED</para>
122 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev collect">
123 <primary sortas="b-collect">collect</primary>
124 </indexterm>
125 </listitem>
126 </varlistentry>
127
128 <varlistentry id="create_floppy_devices">
129 <term><command>create_floppy_devices</command></term>
130 <listitem>
131 <para>Creates all possible floppy devices based on the CMOS type</para>
132 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev create_floppy_devices">
133 <primary sortas="b-create_floppy_devices">create_floppy_devices</primary>
134 </indexterm>
135 </listitem>
136 </varlistentry>
137
138 <varlistentry id="edd_id">
139 <term><command>edd_id</command></term>
140 <listitem>
141 <para>Identify x86 disk drives from Enhanced Disk Drive calls.</para>
142 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev edd_id">
143 <primary sortas="b-edd_id">edd_id</primary>
144 </indexterm>
145 </listitem>
146 </varlistentry>
147
148 <varlistentry id="firmware.sh">
149 <term><command>firmware.sh</command></term>
150 <listitem>
151 <para>Script to load firmware for a device</para>
152 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev firmware.sh">
153 <primary sortas="b-firmware.sh">firmware.sh</primary>
154 </indexterm>
155 </listitem>
156 </varlistentry>
157
158 <varlistentry id="fstab_import">
159 <term><command>fstab_import</command></term>
160 <listitem>
161 <para>DESCRIPTION REQUIRED</para>
162 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev fstab_import">
163 <primary sortas="b-fstab_import">fstab_import</primary>
164 </indexterm>
165 </listitem>
166 </varlistentry>
167
168 <varlistentry id="path_id">
169 <term><command>path_id</command></term>
170 <listitem>
171 <para>Provide the shortest possible unique hardware path to a
172 device</para>
173 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev path_id">
174 <primary sortas="b-path_id">path_id</primary>
175 </indexterm>
176 </listitem>
177 </varlistentry>
178
179 <varlistentry id="scsi_id">
180 <term><command>scsi_id</command></term>
181 <listitem>
182 <para>Retrieve or generate a unique SCSI identifier.</para>
183 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev scsi_id">
184 <primary sortas="b-scsi_id">scsi_id</primary>
185 </indexterm>
186 </listitem>
187 </varlistentry>
188
189 <varlistentry id="usb_id">
190 <term><command>usb_id</command></term>
191 <listitem>
192 <para>Identify a USB block device.</para>
193 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev usb_id">
194 <primary sortas="b-usb_id">usb_id</primary>
195 </indexterm>
196 </listitem>
197 </varlistentry>
198
199 <varlistentry id="vol_id">
200 <term><command>vol_id</command></term>
201 <listitem>
202 <para>Probe filesystem type and read label and uuid.</para>
203 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev vol_id">
204 <primary sortas="b-vol_id">vol_id</primary>
205 </indexterm>
206 </listitem>
207 </varlistentry>
208
209 <varlistentry id="write_cd_rules">
210 <term><command>write_cd_rules</command></term>
211 <listitem>
212 <para>DESCRIPTION REQUIRED</para>
213 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev write_cd_rules">
214 <primary sortas="b-write_cd_rules">write_cd_rules</primary>
215 </indexterm>
216 </listitem>
217 </varlistentry>
218
219 <varlistentry id="write_net_rules">
220 <term><command>write_net_rules</command></term>
221 <listitem>
222 <para>DESCRIPTION REQUIRED</para>
223 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev write_net_rules">
224 <primary sortas="b-write_net_rules">write_net_rules</primary>
225 </indexterm>
226 </listitem>
227 </varlistentry>
228<!-- End of Helpers -->
229
230 <varlistentry id="libvolume_id">
231 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libvolume_id</filename></term>
232 <listitem>
233 <para>This library provides programs such as <command>vol_id</command>
234 with a filesystems type, abel, and uuid from a device node or a
235 image.</para>
236 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev libvolume_id">
237 <primary sortas="b-libvolume_id">libvolume_id</primary>
238 </indexterm>
239 </listitem>
240 </varlistentry>
241
242 <varlistentry id="libudev">
243 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libudev</filename></term>
244 <listitem>
245 <para>DESCRIPTION REQUIRED</para>
246 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev libudev">
247 <primary sortas="b-libudev">libudev</primary>
248 </indexterm>
249 </listitem>
250 </varlistentry>
251
252 <varlistentry id="etc-udev">
253 <term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term>
254 <listitem>
255 <para>Contains <command>udev</command> configuration files,
256 device permissions, and rules for device naming</para>
257 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev">
258 <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev">/etc/udev</primary>
259 </indexterm>
260 </listitem>
261 </varlistentry>
262
263 <varlistentry id="lib-udev">
264 <term><filename class="directory">/lib/udev</filename></term>
265 <listitem>
266 <para>Contains <command>udev</command> helper programs
267 and static devices which get copied to /dev when booted.</para>
268 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev lib-udev">
269 <primary sortas="e-/lib/udev">/lib/udev</primary>
270 </indexterm>
271 </listitem>
272 </varlistentry>
273 </variablelist>
274
275 </sect2>
276
277</sect1>
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