source: clfs-embedded/BOOK/final-system/common/udev.xml@ 99fc891

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<sect1 id="ch-system-udev" role="wrap">
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  <title>Udev-&udev-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev">
    <primary sortas="a-Udev">Udev</primary>
    <secondary>boot</secondary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Udev package contains programs for dynamic creation of device
    nodes.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Udev</title>

<para os="a">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>make CROSS_COMPILE="${CLFS_TARGET}-" CC="${CC}" LD="${CC}"</userinput></screen>

<para os="c">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="d"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-udev" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Udev</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>udevcontrol, udevd, udevinfo, udevmonitor, udevsend,
        udevtest, and udevtrigger</seg>
        <seg>/etc/udev</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="udevcontrol">
        <term><command>udevcontrol</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Configures a number of options for the running
          <command>udevd</command> daemon, such as the log level.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevcontrol">
            <primary sortas="b-udevcontrol">udevcontrol</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="udevd">
        <term><command>udevd</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A daemon that reorders hotplug events before submitting them to
          <command>udev</command>,
          thus avoiding various race conditions</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd">
            <primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="udevinfo">
        <term><command>udevinfo</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Allows users to query the <command>udev</command> database for
          information on any device currently present on the system; it also
          provides a way to query any device in the <systemitem
          class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> tree to help create udev
          rules</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevinfo">
            <primary sortas="b-udevinfo">udevinfo</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="udevmonitor">
        <term><command>udevmonitor</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Prints the event received from the kernel and the event which
          <command>udev</command> sends out after rule processing</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevmonitor">
            <primary sortas="b-udevmonitor">udevmonitor</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="udevsettle">
        <term><command>udevsettle</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Watches the Udev event queue and exits if all current uevents
          have been handled</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevsettle">
            <primary sortas="b-udevsettle">udevsettle</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="udevtest">
        <term><command>udevtest</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Simulates a <command>udev</command> run for the given device,
          and prints out the name of the node the real <command>udev</command>
          would have created or the name of the renamed network interface</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevtest">
            <primary sortas="b-udevtest">udevtest</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="udevtrigger">
        <term><command>udevtrigger</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Walks the sysfs tree for devices that need to be added to the
          system.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevtrigger">
            <primary sortas="b-udevtrigger">udevtrigger</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="etc-udev">
        <term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Contains <command>udev</command> configuration files,
          device permissions, and rules for device naming</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev">
            <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev">/etc/udev</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lib-udev">
        <term><filename class="directory">/lib/udev</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Contains <command>udev</command> helper programs
          and static devices which get copied to /dev when booted.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev lib-udev">
            <primary sortas="e-/lib/udev">/lib/udev</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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