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[02095ae] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> |
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| 5 | %general-entities; |
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| 6 | ]> |
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| 7 | |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-udev" role="wrap"> |
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="udev.html"?> |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | <title>Udev-&udev-version;</title> |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev"> |
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Udev">Udev</primary> |
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| 15 | </indexterm> |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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| 18 | <title/> |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | <para>The Udev package contains programs for dynamic creation of device |
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| 21 | nodes.</para> |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | </sect2> |
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| 24 | |
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[12e6567] | 25 | &env-target; |
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| 26 | |
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[02095ae] | 27 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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| 28 | <title>Installation of Udev</title> |
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| 29 | |
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[a7864ee] | 30 | <para os="a">Prepare Udev for compilation:</para> |
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[02095ae] | 31 | |
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[a7864ee] | 32 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \ |
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| 33 | --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix= \ |
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| 34 | --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen> |
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[02095ae] | 35 | |
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[a7864ee] | 36 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para> |
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[02095ae] | 37 | |
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[a7864ee] | 38 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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[02095ae] | 39 | |
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[a7864ee] | 40 | <para os="e">Install the package:</para> |
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[02095ae] | 41 | |
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[a7864ee] | 42 | <screen os="f"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install</userinput></screen> |
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[02095ae] | 43 | |
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[a7864ee] | 44 | <para os="g">Install documentation:</para> |
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[02095ae] | 45 | |
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| 46 | <screen os="h"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D docs/writing_udev_rules/index.html \ |
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[586feb7] | 47 | ${CLFS}/usr/share/doc/udev-&udev-version;/index.html</userinput></screen> |
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[02095ae] | 48 | |
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[a7864ee] | 49 | <para os="i">Create a directory for storing firmware that can be loaded by |
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| 50 | <command>udev</command>:</para> |
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[02095ae] | 51 | |
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[586feb7] | 52 | <screen os="j"><userinput>install -dv ${CLFS}/lib/firmware</userinput></screen> |
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[02095ae] | 53 | |
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[a7864ee] | 54 | |
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[02095ae] | 55 | </sect2> |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | <sect2 id="contents-udev" role="content"> |
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| 58 | <title>Contents of Udev</title> |
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| 59 | |
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| 60 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 61 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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| 62 | <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle> |
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| 63 | |
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| 64 | <seglistitem> |
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| 65 | <seg>udevcontrol, udevd, udevinfo, udevmonitor, udevsend, |
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| 66 | udevtest, and udevtrigger</seg> |
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| 67 | <seg>/etc/udev</seg> |
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| 68 | </seglistitem> |
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| 69 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 70 | |
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| 71 | <variablelist> |
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| 72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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| 73 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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| 74 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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| 75 | |
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| 76 | <varlistentry id="udevcontrol"> |
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| 77 | <term><command>udevcontrol</command></term> |
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| 78 | <listitem> |
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| 79 | <para>Configures a number of options for the running |
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| 80 | <command>udevd</command> daemon, such as the log level.</para> |
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| 81 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevcontrol"> |
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| 82 | <primary sortas="b-udevcontrol">udevcontrol</primary> |
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| 83 | </indexterm> |
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| 84 | </listitem> |
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| 85 | </varlistentry> |
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| 86 | |
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| 87 | <varlistentry id="udevd"> |
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| 88 | <term><command>udevd</command></term> |
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| 89 | <listitem> |
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| 90 | <para>A daemon that reorders hotplug events before submitting them to |
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| 91 | <command>udev</command>, |
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| 92 | thus avoiding various race conditions</para> |
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| 93 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd"> |
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| 94 | <primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary> |
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| 95 | </indexterm> |
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| 96 | </listitem> |
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| 97 | </varlistentry> |
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| 98 | |
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| 99 | <varlistentry id="udevinfo"> |
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| 100 | <term><command>udevinfo</command></term> |
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| 101 | <listitem> |
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| 102 | <para>Allows users to query the <command>udev</command> database for |
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| 103 | information on any device currently present on the system; it also |
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| 104 | provides a way to query any device in the <systemitem |
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| 105 | class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> tree to help create udev |
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| 106 | rules</para> |
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| 107 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevinfo"> |
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| 108 | <primary sortas="b-udevinfo">udevinfo</primary> |
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| 109 | </indexterm> |
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| 110 | </listitem> |
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| 111 | </varlistentry> |
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| 112 | |
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| 113 | <varlistentry id="udevmonitor"> |
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| 114 | <term><command>udevmonitor</command></term> |
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| 115 | <listitem> |
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| 116 | <para>Prints the event received from the kernel and the event which |
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| 117 | <command>udev</command> sends out after rule processing</para> |
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| 118 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevmonitor"> |
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| 119 | <primary sortas="b-udevmonitor">udevmonitor</primary> |
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| 120 | </indexterm> |
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| 121 | </listitem> |
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| 122 | </varlistentry> |
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| 123 | |
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[59fb197] | 124 | <varlistentry id="udevsettle"> |
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| 125 | <term><command>udevsettle</command></term> |
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| 126 | <listitem> |
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| 127 | <para>Watches the Udev event queue and exits if all current uevents |
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| 128 | have been handled</para> |
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| 129 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevsettle"> |
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| 130 | <primary sortas="b-udevsettle">udevsettle</primary> |
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| 131 | </indexterm> |
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| 132 | </listitem> |
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| 133 | </varlistentry> |
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| 134 | |
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[02095ae] | 135 | <varlistentry id="udevtest"> |
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| 136 | <term><command>udevtest</command></term> |
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| 137 | <listitem> |
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| 138 | <para>Simulates a <command>udev</command> run for the given device, |
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| 139 | and prints out the name of the node the real <command>udev</command> |
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[823185c] | 140 | would have created or the name of the renamed network interface</para> |
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[02095ae] | 141 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevtest"> |
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| 142 | <primary sortas="b-udevtest">udevtest</primary> |
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| 143 | </indexterm> |
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| 144 | </listitem> |
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| 145 | </varlistentry> |
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| 146 | |
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| 147 | <varlistentry id="udevtrigger"> |
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| 148 | <term><command>udevtrigger</command></term> |
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| 149 | <listitem> |
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| 150 | <para>Walks the sysfs tree for devices that need to be added to the |
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[e60e52d] | 151 | system.</para> |
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[02095ae] | 152 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevtrigger"> |
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| 153 | <primary sortas="b-udevtrigger">udevtrigger</primary> |
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| 154 | </indexterm> |
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| 155 | </listitem> |
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| 156 | </varlistentry> |
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| 157 | |
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[4d7d245] | 158 | <!-- helpers start here --> |
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[59fb197] | 159 | <varlistentry id="ata_id"> |
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| 160 | <term><command>ata_id</command></term> |
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| 161 | <listitem> |
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| 162 | <para>Provides Udev with a unique string and additional |
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| 163 | information (uuid, label) for an ATA drive</para> |
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| 164 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev ata_id"> |
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| 165 | <primary sortas="b-ata_id">ata_id</primary> |
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| 166 | </indexterm> |
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| 167 | </listitem> |
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| 168 | </varlistentry> |
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| 169 | |
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[02095ae] | 170 | <varlistentry id="cdrom_id"> |
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| 171 | <term><command>cdrom_id</command></term> |
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| 172 | <listitem> |
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[e60e52d] | 173 | <para>Print the capabilities of a CDROM or DVDROM drive.</para> |
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[02095ae] | 174 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev cdrom_id"> |
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| 175 | <primary sortas="b-cdrom_id">cdrom_id</primary> |
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| 176 | </indexterm> |
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| 177 | </listitem> |
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| 178 | </varlistentry> |
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| 179 | |
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[59fb197] | 180 | <varlistentry id="create_floppy_devices"> |
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| 181 | <term><command>create_floppy_devices</command></term> |
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| 182 | <listitem> |
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| 183 | <para>Creates all possible floppy devices based on the CMOS type</para> |
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| 184 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev create_floppy_devices"> |
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| 185 | <primary sortas="b-create_floppy_devices">create_floppy_devices</primary> |
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| 186 | </indexterm> |
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| 187 | </listitem> |
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| 188 | </varlistentry> |
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| 189 | |
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[4d7d245] | 190 | <varlistentry id="dasd_id"> |
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| 191 | <term><command>dasd_id</command></term> |
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| 192 | <listitem> |
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[e60e52d] | 193 | <para>Read the label from an s390 block device.</para> |
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[4d7d245] | 194 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev dasd_id"> |
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| 195 | <primary sortas="b-dasd_id">dasd_id</primary> |
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| 196 | </indexterm> |
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| 197 | </listitem> |
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| 198 | </varlistentry> |
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| 199 | |
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| 200 | <varlistentry id="edd_id"> |
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| 201 | <term><command>edd_id</command></term> |
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| 202 | <listitem> |
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[e60e52d] | 203 | <para>Identify x86 disk drives from Enhanced Disk Drive calls.</para> |
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[4d7d245] | 204 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev edd_id"> |
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| 205 | <primary sortas="b-edd_id">edd_id</primary> |
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| 206 | </indexterm> |
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| 207 | </listitem> |
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| 208 | </varlistentry> |
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| 209 | |
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[59fb197] | 210 | <varlistentry id="firmware.sh"> |
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[634031b] | 211 | <term><command>firmware.sh</command></term> |
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[02095ae] | 212 | <listitem> |
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[e60e52d] | 213 | <para>Script to load firmware for a device</para> |
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[59fb197] | 214 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev firmware.sh"> |
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| 215 | <primary sortas="b-firmware.sh">firmware.sh</primary> |
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[02095ae] | 216 | </indexterm> |
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| 217 | </listitem> |
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| 218 | </varlistentry> |
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| 219 | |
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[59fb197] | 220 | <varlistentry id="path_id"> |
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| 221 | <term><command>path_id</command></term> |
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[02095ae] | 222 | <listitem> |
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[59fb197] | 223 | <para>Provide the shortest possible unique hardware path to a |
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| 224 | device</para> |
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| 225 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev path_id"> |
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| 226 | <primary sortas="b-path_id">path_id</primary> |
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[02095ae] | 227 | </indexterm> |
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| 228 | </listitem> |
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| 229 | </varlistentry> |
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| 230 | |
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[59fb197] | 231 | <varlistentry id="scsi_id"> |
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| 232 | <term><command>scsi_id</command></term> |
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[02095ae] | 233 | <listitem> |
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[e60e52d] | 234 | <para>Retrieve or generate a unique SCSI identifier.</para> |
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[59fb197] | 235 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev scsi_id"> |
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| 236 | <primary sortas="b-scsi_id">scsi_id</primary> |
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[02095ae] | 237 | </indexterm> |
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| 238 | </listitem> |
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| 239 | </varlistentry> |
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| 240 | |
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| 241 | <varlistentry id="usb_id"> |
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| 242 | <term><command>usb_id</command></term> |
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| 243 | <listitem> |
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[e60e52d] | 244 | <para>Identify a USB block device.</para> |
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[02095ae] | 245 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev usb_id"> |
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| 246 | <primary sortas="b-usb_id">usb_id</primary> |
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| 247 | </indexterm> |
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| 248 | </listitem> |
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| 249 | </varlistentry> |
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| 250 | |
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[4d7d245] | 251 | <varlistentry id="vol_id"> |
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| 252 | <term><command>vol_id</command></term> |
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[02095ae] | 253 | <listitem> |
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[e60e52d] | 254 | <para>Probe filesystem type and read label and uuid.</para> |
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[4d7d245] | 255 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev vol_id"> |
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| 256 | <primary sortas="b-vol_id">vol_id</primary> |
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[02095ae] | 257 | </indexterm> |
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| 258 | </listitem> |
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| 259 | </varlistentry> |
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| 260 | |
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| 261 | <varlistentry id="etc-udev"> |
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| 262 | <term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term> |
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| 263 | <listitem> |
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[823185c] | 264 | <para>Contains <command>udev</command> configuration files, |
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[02095ae] | 265 | device permissions, and rules for device naming</para> |
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| 266 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev"> |
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| 267 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev">/etc/udev</primary> |
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| 268 | </indexterm> |
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| 269 | </listitem> |
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| 270 | </varlistentry> |
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| 271 | |
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| 272 | <varlistentry id="lib-udev"> |
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| 273 | <term><filename class="directory">/lib/udev</filename></term> |
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| 274 | <listitem> |
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| 275 | <para>Contains <command>udev</command> helper programs |
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| 276 | and static devices which get copied to /dev when booted.</para> |
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| 277 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev lib-udev"> |
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| 278 | <primary sortas="e-/lib/udev">/lib/udev</primary> |
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| 279 | </indexterm> |
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| 280 | </listitem> |
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| 281 | </varlistentry> |
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| 282 | </variablelist> |
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| 283 | |
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| 284 | </sect2> |
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| 285 | |
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| 286 | </sect1> |
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