source: BOOK/final-system/common/udev.xml @ 417c6ec

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Last change on this file since 417c6ec was 417c6ec, checked in by Chris Staub <chris@…>, 15 years ago

vol_id and libvolume_id are no longer installed with Udev

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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 \
31  --exec-prefix="" --sysconfdir=/etc \
32  --libexecdir=/lib/udev --libdir=/usr/lib \
33  --disable-extras</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="h"><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="j"><userinput>install -dv /lib/firmware</userinput></screen>
47
48  </sect2>
49
50  <sect2 id="contents-udev" role="content">
51    <title>Contents of Udev</title>
52
53    <segmentedlist>
54      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
55      <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
56      <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
57
58      <seglistitem>
59        <seg>ata_id, cdrom_id, collect, create_floppy_devices, edd_id,
60        firmware.sh, fstab_import, path_id, scsi_id, udevadm, udevd, usb_id,
61        v4l_id, write_cd_rules, write_net_rules</seg>
62        <seg>libudev</seg>
63        <seg>/etc/udev, /lib/udev</seg>
64      </seglistitem>
65    </segmentedlist>
66
67    <variablelist>
68      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
69      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
70      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
71
72      <varlistentry id="udevadm">
73        <term><command>udevadm</command></term>
74        <listitem>
75        <para>udevadm controls the runtime behavior of udev, requests kernel
76        events, manages the event queue, and provides simple debugging.</para>
77          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevadm">
78            <primary sortas="b-udevadm">udevadm</primary>
79          </indexterm>
80        </listitem>
81      </varlistentry>
82
83      <varlistentry id="udevd">
84        <term><command>udevd</command></term>
85        <listitem>
86          <para>A daemon that reorders hotplug events before submitting them to
87          <command>udev</command>,
88          thus avoiding various race conditions</para>
89          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd">
90            <primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary>
91          </indexterm>
92        </listitem>
93      </varlistentry>
94
95 <!-- Start of Helpers -->
96      <varlistentry id="ata_id">
97        <term><command>ata_id</command></term>
98        <listitem>
99          <para>Provides Udev with a unique string and additional
100          information (uuid, label) for an ATA drive</para>
101          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev ata_id">
102            <primary sortas="b-ata_id">ata_id</primary>
103          </indexterm>
104        </listitem>
105      </varlistentry>
106
107      <varlistentry id="cdrom_id">
108        <term><command>cdrom_id</command></term>
109        <listitem>
110          <para>Print the capabilities of a CDROM or DVDROM drive.</para>
111          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev cdrom_id">
112            <primary sortas="b-cdrom_id">cdrom_id</primary>
113          </indexterm>
114        </listitem>
115      </varlistentry>
116
117      <varlistentry id="collect">
118        <term><command>collect</command></term>
119        <listitem>
120          <para>DESCRIPTION REQUIRED</para>
121          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev collect">
122            <primary sortas="b-collect">collect</primary>
123          </indexterm>
124        </listitem>
125      </varlistentry>
126
127      <varlistentry id="create_floppy_devices">
128        <term><command>create_floppy_devices</command></term>
129        <listitem>
130          <para>Creates all possible floppy devices based on the CMOS type</para>
131          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev create_floppy_devices">
132            <primary sortas="b-create_floppy_devices">create_floppy_devices</primary>
133          </indexterm>
134        </listitem>
135      </varlistentry>
136
137      <varlistentry id="edd_id">
138        <term><command>edd_id</command></term>
139        <listitem>
140          <para>Identify x86 disk drives from Enhanced Disk Drive calls.</para>
141          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev edd_id">
142            <primary sortas="b-edd_id">edd_id</primary>
143          </indexterm>
144        </listitem>
145      </varlistentry>
146
147      <varlistentry id="firmware.sh">
148        <term><command>firmware.sh</command></term>
149        <listitem>
150          <para>Script to load firmware for a device</para>
151          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev firmware.sh">
152            <primary sortas="b-firmware.sh">firmware.sh</primary>
153          </indexterm>
154        </listitem>
155      </varlistentry>
156
157      <varlistentry id="fstab_import">
158        <term><command>fstab_import</command></term>
159        <listitem>
160          <para>DESCRIPTION REQUIRED</para>
161          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev fstab_import">
162            <primary sortas="b-fstab_import">fstab_import</primary>
163          </indexterm>
164        </listitem>
165      </varlistentry>
166
167      <varlistentry id="path_id">
168        <term><command>path_id</command></term>
169        <listitem>
170          <para>Provide the shortest possible unique hardware path to a
171          device</para>
172          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev path_id">
173            <primary sortas="b-path_id">path_id</primary>
174          </indexterm>
175        </listitem>
176      </varlistentry>
177
178      <varlistentry id="scsi_id">
179        <term><command>scsi_id</command></term>
180        <listitem>
181          <para>Retrieve or generate a unique SCSI identifier.</para>
182          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev scsi_id">
183            <primary sortas="b-scsi_id">scsi_id</primary>
184          </indexterm>
185        </listitem>
186      </varlistentry>
187
188      <varlistentry id="usb_id">
189        <term><command>usb_id</command></term>
190        <listitem>
191          <para>Identify a USB block device.</para>
192          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev usb_id">
193            <primary sortas="b-usb_id">usb_id</primary>
194          </indexterm>
195        </listitem>
196      </varlistentry>
197
198      <varlistentry id="write_cd_rules">
199        <term><command>write_cd_rules</command></term>
200        <listitem>
201          <para>DESCRIPTION REQUIRED</para>
202          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev write_cd_rules">
203            <primary sortas="b-write_cd_rules">write_cd_rules</primary>
204          </indexterm>
205        </listitem>
206      </varlistentry>
207
208      <varlistentry id="write_net_rules">
209        <term><command>write_net_rules</command></term>
210        <listitem>
211          <para>DESCRIPTION REQUIRED</para>
212          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev write_net_rules">
213            <primary sortas="b-write_net_rules">write_net_rules</primary>
214          </indexterm>
215        </listitem>
216      </varlistentry>
217<!-- End of Helpers -->
218
219      <varlistentry id="libudev">
220        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libudev</filename></term>
221        <listitem>
222          <para>DESCRIPTION REQUIRED</para>
223          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev libudev">
224            <primary sortas="c-libudev">libudev</primary>
225          </indexterm>
226        </listitem>
227      </varlistentry>
228
229      <varlistentry id="etc-udev">
230        <term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term>
231        <listitem>
232          <para>Contains <command>udev</command> configuration files,
233          device permissions, and rules for device naming</para>
234          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev">
235            <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev">/etc/udev</primary>
236          </indexterm>
237        </listitem>
238      </varlistentry>
239
240      <varlistentry id="lib-udev">
241        <term><filename class="directory">/lib/udev</filename></term>
242        <listitem>
243          <para>Contains <command>udev</command> helper programs
244          and static devices which get copied to /dev when booted.</para>
245          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev lib-udev">
246            <primary sortas="e-/lib/udev">/lib/udev</primary>
247          </indexterm>
248        </listitem>
249      </varlistentry>
250    </variablelist>
251
252  </sect2>
253
254</sect1>
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