source: clfs-sysroot/BOOK/final-system/common/udev.xml@ de6fc71

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