source: final-system/common/udev.xml@ 9fc4970

Last change on this file since 9fc4970 was 4e61e29, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 19 years ago

r2601@server: jim | 2006-03-15 07:01:04 -0800
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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 help applications that are used with udev. This
49 helper program assist in correct handling of devices.</para>
50 </listitem>
51 </varlistentry>
52
53 </variablelist>
54
55 <para os="d">If you want to run the testsuite, you need to change
56 a hardcoded reference to the <command>test</command>
57 program:</para>
58
59 <screen os="e"><userinput>sed -i 's@/usr/bin/test@/bin/test@' test/udev-test.pl</userinput></screen>
60
61 <para os="f">To test the results, issue:
62 <userinput>make test</userinput>.</para>
63
64 <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
65
66<screen os="h"><userinput>make DESTDIR=/ \
67 EXTRAS="extra/cdrom_id extras/firmware extras/scsi_id extras/volume_id
68 extras/ata_id extras/usb_id extras/edd_id extras/dasd_id" udevdir=/dev install</userinput></screen>
69
70 <variablelist os="i">
71 <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
72
73 <varlistentry>
74 <term><parameter>DESTDIR=/</parameter></term>
75 <listitem>
76 <para>This prevents the Udev build process from killing any
77 <command>udevd</command> processes that may be running on the
78 system.</para>
79 </listitem>
80 </varlistentry>
81
82 </variablelist>
83
84 <para os="i">Install necessary helpers.</para>
85
86<screen os="j"><userinput>install -D extras/path_id /sbin/path_id
87install -D extras/eventrecorder.sh /lib/udev/eventrecorder.sh</userinput></screen>
88
89 <para os="l">Install the documentation that explains how to create
90 Udev rules:</para>
91
92<screen os="m"><userinput>install -v -m644 -D docs/writing_udev_rules/index.html /usr/share/doc/udev-&udev-version;/index.html</userinput></screen>
93
94 </sect2>
95
96 <sect2 id="contents-udev" role="content">
97 <title>Contents of Udev</title>
98
99 <segmentedlist>
100 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
101 <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
102
103 <seglistitem>
104 <seg>udevcontrol, udevd, udevinfo, udevmonitor, udevsend,
105 and udevtest</seg>
106 <seg>/etc/udev</seg>
107 </seglistitem>
108 </segmentedlist>
109
110 <variablelist>
111 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
112 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
113 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
114
115 <varlistentry id="udevcontrol">
116 <term><command>udevcontrol</command></term>
117 <listitem>
118 <para>Configures a number of options for the running
119 <command>udevd</command> daemon, such as the log level.</para>
120 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevcontrol">
121 <primary sortas="b-udevcontrol">udevcontrol</primary>
122 </indexterm>
123 </listitem>
124 </varlistentry>
125
126 <varlistentry id="udevd">
127 <term><command>udevd</command></term>
128 <listitem>
129 <para>A daemon that reorders hotplug events before submitting them to
130 <command>udev</command>,
131 thus avoiding various race conditions</para>
132 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd">
133 <primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary>
134 </indexterm>
135 </listitem>
136 </varlistentry>
137
138 <varlistentry id="udevinfo">
139 <term><command>udevinfo</command></term>
140 <listitem>
141 <para>Allows users to query the <command>udev</command> database for
142 information on any device currently present on the system; it also
143 provides a way to query any device in the <systemitem
144 class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> tree to help create udev
145 rules</para>
146 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevinfo">
147 <primary sortas="b-udevinfo">udevinfo</primary>
148 </indexterm>
149 </listitem>
150 </varlistentry>
151
152 <varlistentry id="udevmonitor">
153 <term><command>udevmonitor</command></term>
154 <listitem>
155 <para>Prints the event received from the kernel and the event which
156 <command>udev</command> sends out after rule processing</para>
157 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevmonitor">
158 <primary sortas="b-udevmonitor">udevmonitor</primary>
159 </indexterm>
160 </listitem>
161 </varlistentry>
162
163 <varlistentry id="udevtest">
164 <term><command>udevtest</command></term>
165 <listitem>
166 <para>Simulates a <command>udev</command> run for the given device,
167 and prints out the name of the node the real <command>udev</command>
168 would have created or (not in LFS) the name of the renamed network
169 interface</para>
170 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevtest">
171 <primary sortas="b-udevtest">udevtest</primary>
172 </indexterm>
173 </listitem>
174 </varlistentry>
175
176 <varlistentry id="cdrom_id">
177 <term><command>cdrom_id</command></term>
178 <listitem>
179 <para>To be written</para>
180 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev cdrom_id">
181 <primary sortas="b-cdrom_id">cdrom_id</primary>
182 </indexterm>
183 </listitem>
184 </varlistentry>
185
186 <varlistentry id="firmware_helper">
187 <term><command>firmware_helper</command></term>
188 <listitem>
189 <para>To be written</para>
190 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev firmware_helper">
191 <primary sortas="b-firmware_helper">firmware_helper</primary>
192 </indexterm>
193 </listitem>
194 </varlistentry>
195
196 <varlistentry id="scsi_id">
197 <term><command>scsi_id</command></term>
198 <listitem>
199 <para>To be written</para>
200 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev scsi_id">
201 <primary sortas="b-scsi_id">scsi_id</primary>
202 </indexterm>
203 </listitem>
204 </varlistentry>
205
206 <varlistentry id="volume_id">
207 <term><command>volume_id</command></term>
208 <listitem>
209 <para>To be written</para>
210 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev volume_id">
211 <primary sortas="b-volume_id">volume_id</primary>
212 </indexterm>
213 </listitem>
214 </varlistentry>
215
216 <varlistentry id="ata_id">
217 <term><command>ata_id</command></term>
218 <listitem>
219 <para>To be written</para>
220 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev ata_id">
221 <primary sortas="b-volume_id">ata_id</primary>
222 </indexterm>
223 </listitem>
224 </varlistentry>
225
226 <varlistentry id="usb_id">
227 <term><command>usb_id</command></term>
228 <listitem>
229 <para>To be written</para>
230 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev usb_id">
231 <primary sortas="b-usb_id">usb_id</primary>
232 </indexterm>
233 </listitem>
234 </varlistentry>
235
236 <varlistentry id="edd_id">
237 <term><command>edd_id</command></term>
238 <listitem>
239 <para>To be written</para>
240 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev edd_id">
241 <primary sortas="b-edd_id">edd_id</primary>
242 </indexterm>
243 </listitem>
244 </varlistentry>
245
246 <varlistentry id="dasd_id">
247 <term><command>dasd_id</command></term>
248 <listitem>
249 <para>To be written</para>
250 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev dasd_id">
251 <primary sortas="b-dasd_id">dasd_id</primary>
252 </indexterm>
253 </listitem>
254 </varlistentry>
255
256 <varlistentry id="etc-udev">
257 <term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term>
258 <listitem>
259 <para>Contains <command>udev</command> configuation files,
260 device permissions, and rules for device naming</para>
261 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev">
262 <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev">/etc/udev</primary>
263 </indexterm>
264 </listitem>
265 </varlistentry>
266
267 <varlistentry id="lib-udev">
268 <term><filename class="directory">/lib/udev</filename></term>
269 <listitem>
270 <para>Contains <command>udev</command> helper programs
271 and static devices which get copied to /dev when booted.</para>
272 <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev lib-udev">
273 <primary sortas="e-/lib/udev">/lib/udev</primary>
274 </indexterm>
275 </listitem>
276 </varlistentry>
277 </variablelist>
278
279 </sect2>
280
281</sect1>
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