source: clfs-sysroot/BOOK/final-system/common/udev.xml @ d9bec84

Last change on this file since d9bec84 was 02095ae, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 18 years ago

r3633@server (orig r1649): jciccone | 2006-05-25 16:48:42 -0700
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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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">Compile the package:</para>
29
30<screen os="b"><userinput>make CROSS_COMPILE="${LFS_TARGET}-" CC="${CC}" LD="${CC}" \
31    EXTRAS="extras/floppy extras/cdrom_id extras/firmware \
32    extras/scsi_id extras/volume_id extras/ata_id extras/usb_id \
33    extras/edd_id extras/dasd_id extras/path_id" udevdir=/dev</userinput></screen>
34
35    <variablelist os="c">
36      <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
37
38      <varlistentry>
39      <term><parameter>EXTRAS="extras/floppy extras/cdrom_id extras/firmware
40      extras/scsi_id extras/volume_id extras/ata_id extras/usb_id extras/edd_id
41      extras/dasd_id extras/path_id"</parameter></term>
42        <listitem>
43          <para>This builds the helper applications that are used with
44          udev. The helper programs assist in correct handling of devices.</para>
45        </listitem>
46      </varlistentry>
47
48    </variablelist>
49
50    <para os="c">Install the package:</para>
51
52<screen os="d"><userinput>make DESTDIR="${LFS}" \
53    EXTRAS="extras/floppy extras/cdrom_id extras/firmware \
54    extras/scsi_id extras/volume_id extras/ata_id extras/usb_id \
55    extras/edd_id extras/dasd_id extras/path_id" udevdir=/dev install</userinput></screen>
56
57    <para os="e">Install necessary helpers.</para>
58
59<screen os="f"><userinput>install -v extras/eventrecorder.sh ${LFS}/lib/udev</userinput></screen>
60
61    <para os="g">Install the documentation that explains how to create
62    Udev rules:</para>
63
64<screen os="h"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D docs/writing_udev_rules/index.html \
65    ${LFS}/usr/share/doc/udev-&udev-version;/index.html</userinput></screen>
66
67    <para os="i">Create a directory for storing firmware that can be
68    loaded by <command>udev</command>:</para>
69
70<screen os="j"><userinput>install -dv ${LFS}/lib/firmware</userinput></screen>
71
72  </sect2>
73
74  <sect2 id="contents-udev" role="content">
75    <title>Contents of Udev</title>
76
77    <segmentedlist>
78      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
79      <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
80
81      <seglistitem>
82        <seg>udevcontrol, udevd, udevinfo, udevmonitor, udevsend,
83        udevtest, and udevtrigger</seg>
84        <seg>/etc/udev</seg>
85      </seglistitem>
86    </segmentedlist>
87
88    <variablelist>
89      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
90      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
91      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
92
93      <varlistentry id="udevcontrol">
94        <term><command>udevcontrol</command></term>
95        <listitem>
96          <para>Configures a number of options for the running
97          <command>udevd</command> daemon, such as the log level.</para>
98          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevcontrol">
99            <primary sortas="b-udevcontrol">udevcontrol</primary>
100          </indexterm>
101        </listitem>
102      </varlistentry>
103
104      <varlistentry id="udevd">
105        <term><command>udevd</command></term>
106        <listitem>
107          <para>A daemon that reorders hotplug events before submitting them to
108          <command>udev</command>,
109          thus avoiding various race conditions</para>
110          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd">
111            <primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary>
112          </indexterm>
113        </listitem>
114      </varlistentry>
115
116      <varlistentry id="udevinfo">
117        <term><command>udevinfo</command></term>
118        <listitem>
119          <para>Allows users to query the <command>udev</command> database for
120          information on any device currently present on the system; it also
121          provides a way to query any device in the <systemitem
122          class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> tree to help create udev
123          rules</para>
124          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevinfo">
125            <primary sortas="b-udevinfo">udevinfo</primary>
126          </indexterm>
127        </listitem>
128      </varlistentry>
129
130      <varlistentry id="udevmonitor">
131        <term><command>udevmonitor</command></term>
132        <listitem>
133          <para>Prints the event received from the kernel and the event which
134          <command>udev</command> sends out after rule processing</para>
135          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevmonitor">
136            <primary sortas="b-udevmonitor">udevmonitor</primary>
137          </indexterm>
138        </listitem>
139      </varlistentry>
140
141      <varlistentry id="udevtest">
142        <term><command>udevtest</command></term>
143        <listitem>
144          <para>Simulates a <command>udev</command> run for the given device,
145          and prints out the name of the node the real <command>udev</command>
146          would have created or (not in LFS) the name of the renamed network
147          interface</para>
148          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevtest">
149            <primary sortas="b-udevtest">udevtest</primary>
150          </indexterm>
151        </listitem>
152      </varlistentry>
153
154      <varlistentry id="udevtrigger">
155        <term><command>udevtrigger</command></term>
156        <listitem>
157          <para>Walks the sysfs tree for devices that need to be added to the
158          system.</para>
159          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevtrigger">
160            <primary sortas="b-udevtrigger">udevtrigger</primary>
161          </indexterm>
162        </listitem>
163      </varlistentry>
164
165      <varlistentry id="cdrom_id">
166        <term><command>cdrom_id</command></term>
167        <listitem>
168          <para>To be written</para> 
169          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev cdrom_id">
170            <primary sortas="b-cdrom_id">cdrom_id</primary>
171          </indexterm>
172        </listitem>
173      </varlistentry>
174
175      <varlistentry id="firmware_helper">
176        <term><command>firmware_helper</command></term>
177        <listitem>
178          <para>To be written</para> 
179          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev firmware_helper">
180            <primary sortas="b-firmware_helper">firmware_helper</primary>
181          </indexterm>
182        </listitem>
183      </varlistentry>
184
185      <varlistentry id="scsi_id">
186        <term><command>scsi_id</command></term>
187        <listitem>
188          <para>To be written</para> 
189          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev scsi_id">
190            <primary sortas="b-scsi_id">scsi_id</primary>
191          </indexterm>
192        </listitem>
193      </varlistentry>
194
195      <varlistentry id="volume_id">
196        <term><command>volume_id</command></term>
197        <listitem>
198          <para>To be written</para> 
199          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev volume_id">
200            <primary sortas="b-volume_id">volume_id</primary>
201          </indexterm>
202        </listitem>
203      </varlistentry>
204
205      <varlistentry id="ata_id">
206        <term><command>ata_id</command></term>
207        <listitem>
208          <para>To be written</para> 
209          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev ata_id">
210            <primary sortas="b-volume_id">ata_id</primary>
211          </indexterm>
212        </listitem>
213      </varlistentry>
214
215      <varlistentry id="usb_id">
216        <term><command>usb_id</command></term>
217        <listitem>
218          <para>To be written</para> 
219          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev usb_id">
220            <primary sortas="b-usb_id">usb_id</primary>
221          </indexterm>
222        </listitem>
223      </varlistentry>
224
225      <varlistentry id="edd_id">
226        <term><command>edd_id</command></term>
227        <listitem>
228          <para>To be written</para> 
229          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev edd_id">
230            <primary sortas="b-edd_id">edd_id</primary>
231          </indexterm>
232        </listitem>
233      </varlistentry>
234
235      <varlistentry id="dasd_id">
236        <term><command>dasd_id</command></term>
237        <listitem>
238          <para>To be written</para> 
239          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev dasd_id">
240            <primary sortas="b-dasd_id">dasd_id</primary>
241          </indexterm>
242        </listitem>
243      </varlistentry>
244
245      <varlistentry id="etc-udev">
246        <term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term>
247        <listitem>
248          <para>Contains <command>udev</command> configuation files,
249          device permissions, and rules for device naming</para>
250          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev">
251            <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev">/etc/udev</primary>
252          </indexterm>
253        </listitem>
254      </varlistentry>
255
256      <varlistentry id="lib-udev">
257        <term><filename class="directory">/lib/udev</filename></term>
258        <listitem>
259          <para>Contains <command>udev</command> helper programs
260          and static devices which get copied to /dev when booted.</para>
261          <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev lib-udev">
262            <primary sortas="e-/lib/udev">/lib/udev</primary>
263          </indexterm>
264        </listitem>
265      </varlistentry>
266    </variablelist>
267
268  </sect2>
269
270</sect1>
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