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