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