source: final-system/common/udev.xml@ f8e7b64

Last change on this file since f8e7b64 was c4efa05, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 19 years ago

r2572@server: jim | 2006-03-14 22:06:35 -0800
Updated to Udev 087

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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 <segmentedlist>
24 <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
25
26 <seglistitem>
27 <seg>Coreutils, GCC, Make, Perl, and Tree</seg>
28 </seglistitem>
29 </segmentedlist>
30
31 </sect2>
32
33 <sect2 role="installation">
34 <title>Installation of Udev</title>
35
36 <para os="a">Compile the package:</para>
37
38<screen os="b"><userinput>make EXTRAS="extra/cdrom_id extras/firmware extras/scsi_id extras/volume_id
39 extras/ata_id extras/usb_id extras/edd_id extras/dasd_id" udevdir=/dev</userinput></screen>
40
41 <variablelist os="c">
42 <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
43
44 <varlistentry>
45 <term><parameter>EXTRAS="extra/cdrom_id extras/firmware extras/scsi_id extras/volume_id
46 extras/ata_id extras/usb_id extras/edd_id extras/dasd_id"</parameter></term>
47 <listitem>
48 <para>This builds the <command>udev_run_devd</command> and
49 <command>udev_run_hotplugd</command> binaries, which are required for
50 correct handling of hotpluggable devices.</para>
51 </listitem>
52 </varlistentry>
53
54 </variablelist>
55
56 <para os="d">If you want to run the testsuite, you need to change
57 a hardcoded reference to the <command>test</command>
58 program:</para>
59
60 <screen os="e"><userinput>sed -i 's@/usr/bin/test@/bin/test@' test/udev-test.pl</userinput></screen>
61
62 <para os="f">To test the results, issue:
63 <userinput>make test</userinput>.</para>
64
65 <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
66
67<screen os="h"><userinput>make DESTDIR=/ \
68 EXTRAS="extra/cdrom_id extras/firmware extras/scsi_id extras/volume_id
69 extras/ata_id extras/usb_id extras/edd_id extras/dasd_id" udevdir=/dev install</userinput></screen>
70
71 <variablelist os="i">
72 <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
73
74 <varlistentry>
75 <term><parameter>DESTDIR=/</parameter></term>
76 <listitem>
77 <para>This prevents the Udev build process from killing any
78 <command>udevd</command> processes that may be running on the
79 system.</para>
80 </listitem>
81 </varlistentry>
82
83 </variablelist>
84
85 <para os="i">Install necessary helpers.</para>
86
87<screen os="j"><userinput>install -D extras/path_id /sbin/path_id
88install -D extras/eventrecorder.sh /lib/udev/eventrecorder.sh</userinput></screen>
89
90 <para os="l">Install the documentation that explains how to create
91 Udev rules:</para>
92
93<screen os="m"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D docs/writing_udev_rules/index.html /usr/share/doc/udev-&udev-version;/index.html</userinput></screen>
94
95 </sect2>
96
97 <sect2 id="contents-udev" role="content">
98 <title>Contents of Udev</title>
99
100 <segmentedlist>
101 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
102 <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
103
104 <seglistitem>
105 <seg>udevcontrol, udevd, udevinfo, udevmonitor, udevsend,
106 and udevtest</seg>
107 <seg>/etc/udev</seg>
108 </seglistitem>
109 </segmentedlist>
110
111 <variablelist>
112 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
113 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
114 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
115
116 <varlistentry id="udevcontrol">
117 <term><command>udevcontrol</command></term>
118 <listitem>
119 <para>Configures a number of options for the running
120 <command>udevd</command> daemon, such as the log level.</para>
121 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevcontrol">
122 <primary sortas="b-udevcontrol">udevcontrol</primary>
123 </indexterm>
124 </listitem>
125 </varlistentry>
126
127 <varlistentry id="udevd">
128 <term><command>udevd</command></term>
129 <listitem>
130 <para>A daemon that reorders hotplug events before submitting them to
131 <command>udev</command>,
132 thus avoiding various race conditions</para>
133 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd">
134 <primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary>
135 </indexterm>
136 </listitem>
137 </varlistentry>
138
139 <varlistentry id="udevinfo">
140 <term><command>udevinfo</command></term>
141 <listitem>
142 <para>Allows users to query the <command>udev</command> database for
143 information on any device currently present on the system; it also
144 provides a way to query any device in the <systemitem
145 class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> tree to help create udev
146 rules</para>
147 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevinfo">
148 <primary sortas="b-udevinfo">udevinfo</primary>
149 </indexterm>
150 </listitem>
151 </varlistentry>
152
153 <varlistentry id="udevmonitor">
154 <term><command>udevmonitor</command></term>
155 <listitem>
156 <para>Prints the event received from the kernel and the event which
157 <command>udev</command> sends out after rule processing</para>
158 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevmonitor">
159 <primary sortas="b-udevmonitor">udevmonitor</primary>
160 </indexterm>
161 </listitem>
162 </varlistentry>
163
164 <varlistentry id="udevtest">
165 <term><command>udevtest</command></term>
166 <listitem>
167 <para>Simulates a <command>udev</command> run for the given device,
168 and prints out the name of the node the real <command>udev</command>
169 would have created or (not in LFS) the name of the renamed network
170 interface</para>
171 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevtest">
172 <primary sortas="b-udevtest">udevtest</primary>
173 </indexterm>
174 </listitem>
175 </varlistentry>
176
177 <varlistentry id="cdrom_id">
178 <term><command>cdrom_id</command></term>
179 <listitem>
180 <para>To be written</para>
181 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev cdrom_id">
182 <primary sortas="b-cdrom_id">cdrom_id</primary>
183 </indexterm>
184 </listitem>
185 </varlistentry>
186
187 <varlistentry id="firmware_helper">
188 <term><command>firmware_helper</command></term>
189 <listitem>
190 <para>To be written</para>
191 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev firmware_helper">
192 <primary sortas="b-firmware_helper">firmware_helper</primary>
193 </indexterm>
194 </listitem>
195 </varlistentry>
196
197 <varlistentry id="scsi_id">
198 <term><command>scsi_id</command></term>
199 <listitem>
200 <para>To be written</para>
201 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev scsi_id">
202 <primary sortas="b-scsi_id">scsi_id</primary>
203 </indexterm>
204 </listitem>
205 </varlistentry>
206
207 <varlistentry id="volume_id">
208 <term><command>volume_id</command></term>
209 <listitem>
210 <para>To be written</para>
211 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev volume_id">
212 <primary sortas="b-volume_id">volume_id</primary>
213 </indexterm>
214 </listitem>
215 </varlistentry>
216
217 <varlistentry id="ata_id">
218 <term><command>ata_id</command></term>
219 <listitem>
220 <para>To be written</para>
221 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev ata_id">
222 <primary sortas="b-volume_id">ata_id</primary>
223 </indexterm>
224 </listitem>
225 </varlistentry>
226
227 <varlistentry id="usb_id">
228 <term><command>usb_id</command></term>
229 <listitem>
230 <para>To be written</para>
231 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev usb_id">
232 <primary sortas="b-usb_id">usb_id</primary>
233 </indexterm>
234 </listitem>
235 </varlistentry>
236
237 <varlistentry id="edd_id">
238 <term><command>edd_id</command></term>
239 <listitem>
240 <para>To be written</para>
241 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev edd_id">
242 <primary sortas="b-edd_id">edd_id</primary>
243 </indexterm>
244 </listitem>
245 </varlistentry>
246
247 <varlistentry id="dasd_id">
248 <term><command>dasd_id</command></term>
249 <listitem>
250 <para>To be written</para>
251 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev dasd_id">
252 <primary sortas="b-dasd_id">dasd_id</primary>
253 </indexterm>
254 </listitem>
255 </varlistentry>
256
257 <varlistentry id="etc-udev">
258 <term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term>
259 <listitem>
260 <para>Contains <command>udev</command> configuation files,
261 device permissions, and rules for device naming</para>
262 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev">
263 <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev">/etc/udev</primary>
264 </indexterm>
265 </listitem>
266 </varlistentry>
267
268 <varlistentry id="lib-udev">
269 <term><filename class="directory">/lib/udev</filename></term>
270 <listitem>
271 <para>Contains <command>udev</command> helper programs
272 and static devices which get copied to /dev when booted.</para>
273 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev lib-udev">
274 <primary sortas="e-/lib/udev">/lib/udev</primary>
275 </indexterm>
276 </listitem>
277 </varlistentry>
278 </variablelist>
279
280 </sect2>
281
282</sect1>
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