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[b06ca36] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[9dfc02f] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[ddd5542] | 7 |
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[a001133] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-udev" role="wrap">
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[ddd5542] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="udev.html"?>
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| 10 |
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[e747759] | 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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| 12 | <productname>udev</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&udev-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&udev-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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[ddd5542] | 17 | <title>Udev-&udev-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Udev">Udev</primary>
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| 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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[9dfc02f] | 25 |
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[ddd5542] | 26 | <para>The Udev package contains programs for dynamic creation of device
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| 27 | nodes.</para>
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[9dfc02f] | 28 |
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[ddd5542] | 29 | <segmentedlist>
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| 30 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 31 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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[9dfc02f] | 32 |
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[ddd5542] | 33 | <seglistitem>
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[e4a5635] | 34 | <seg>&udev-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 35 | <seg>&udev-ch6-du;</seg>
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[ddd5542] | 36 | </seglistitem>
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| 37 | </segmentedlist>
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[9dfc02f] | 38 |
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[ddd5542] | 39 | </sect2>
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[9dfc02f] | 40 |
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[ddd5542] | 41 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 42 | <title>Installation of Udev</title>
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| 43 |
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[7d6d34b] | 44 | <para>The udev-config tarball contains LFS-specific files used to configure
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[e1060de] | 45 | Udev. Unpack it into the Udev source directory:</para>
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[7d6d34b] | 46 |
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[0445a3d] | 47 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">tar -xvf ../&udev-config;.tar.bz2</userinput></screen>
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[7d6d34b] | 48 |
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[d2c332bc] | 49 | <para>Create some devices and directories that Udev cannot handle due to
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[61e63d3] | 50 | them being required very early in the boot process, or by Udev itself:</para>
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[d2c332bc] | 51 |
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[2b596c0b] | 52 | <screen><userinput remap="install">install -dv /lib/{firmware,udev/devices/{pts,shm}}
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[d2c332bc] | 53 | mknod -m0666 /lib/udev/devices/null c 1 3
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[61e63d3] | 54 | mknod -m0600 /lib/udev/devices/kmsg c 1 11
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[d2c332bc] | 55 | ln -sv /proc/self/fd /lib/udev/devices/fd
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| 56 | ln -sv /proc/self/fd/0 /lib/udev/devices/stdin
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| 57 | ln -sv /proc/self/fd/1 /lib/udev/devices/stdout
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| 58 | ln -sv /proc/self/fd/2 /lib/udev/devices/stderr
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| 59 | ln -sv /proc/kcore /lib/udev/devices/core</userinput></screen>
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| 60 |
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[166a9db] | 61 | <para>Prepare the package for compilation:</para>
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[81fd230] | 62 |
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[d75c123] | 63 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 64 | --exec-prefix= \
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| 65 | --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen>
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[ddd5542] | 66 |
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[166a9db] | 67 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[0445a3d] | 68 |
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[166a9db] | 69 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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[81fd230] | 70 |
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[166a9db] | 71 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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[c226182] | 72 |
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[ddd5542] | 73 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[9dfc02f] | 74 |
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[166a9db] | 75 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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[09043c0] | 76 |
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[61e63d3] | 77 | <para>Udev has to be configured in order to work properly, as its default
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[166a9db] | 78 | configuration does not cover all devices. First install two extra rules
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[9faa3e2] | 79 | files from Udev to help support device-mapper and RAID setups:</para>
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| 80 |
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[68edbd40] | 81 | <screen><userinput remap="install">install -m644 -v rules/packages/64-*.rules \
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[d75c123] | 82 | /lib/udev/rules.d/</userinput></screen>
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[9faa3e2] | 83 |
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| 84 | <para>Now install a file to create symlinks for certain hand-held devices:</para>
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| 85 |
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[68edbd40] | 86 | <screen><userinput remap="install">install -m644 -v rules/packages/40-pilot-links.rules \
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[d75c123] | 87 | /lib/udev/rules.d/</userinput></screen>
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[9faa3e2] | 88 |
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| 89 | <!-- There are more files available in the packages/ directory, if we want
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| 90 | to consider using them. Most are probably irrelevant to LFS though.
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| 91 | "alsa" isn't, but we already have those rules, using a better set of
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| 92 | matches. Most of the files in packages/ are for other architectures. -->
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <para>Now install the LFS-specific custom rules files:</para>
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[7eac3e32] | 95 |
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[0445a3d] | 96 | <screen><userinput remap="install">cd &udev-config;
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[7e6fb44] | 97 | make install</userinput></screen>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <para>Install the documentation that explains the LFS-specific rules
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| 100 | files:</para>
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| 101 |
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[0445a3d] | 102 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install-doc</userinput></screen>
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[7e6fb44] | 103 |
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[dbfd971] | 104 | <para>Install the documentation that explains the commonly-used rules
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| 105 | files provided by Udev:</para>
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[7e6fb44] | 106 |
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[0445a3d] | 107 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install-extra-doc</userinput></screen>
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[7e6fb44] | 108 |
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| 109 | <para>Install the documentation that explains how to create custom Udev
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| 110 | rules:</para>
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| 111 |
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[0445a3d] | 112 | <screen><userinput remap="install">cd ..
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[166a9db] | 113 | install -m644 -v -D docs/writing_udev_rules/index.html \
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[2c558d69] | 114 | /usr/share/doc/udev-&udev-version;/index.html</userinput></screen>
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[7eac3e32] | 115 |
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[ddd5542] | 116 | </sect2>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <sect2 id="contents-udev" role="content">
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| 119 | <title>Contents of Udev</title>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <segmentedlist>
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| 122 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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[2791a8e] | 123 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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[ddd5542] | 124 | <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <seglistitem>
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[61e63d3] | 127 | <seg>ata_id, cdrom_id, collect, create_floppy_devices, edd_id,
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| 128 | firmware.sh, fstab_import, path_id, scsi_id, udevadm, udevd,
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| 129 | usb_id, vol_id, write_cd_rules, and write_net_rules</seg>
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[166a9db] | 130 | <seg>libudev and libvolume_id</seg>
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[ddd5542] | 131 | <seg>/etc/udev</seg>
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| 132 | </seglistitem>
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| 133 | </segmentedlist>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <variablelist>
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| 136 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 137 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 138 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 139 |
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[d2c332bc] | 140 | <varlistentry id="ata_id">
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| 141 | <term><command>ata_id</command></term>
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| 142 | <listitem>
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| 143 | <para>Provides Udev with a unique string and
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| 144 | additional information (uuid, label) for an ATA drive</para>
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| 145 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev ata_id">
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| 146 | <primary sortas="b-ata_id">ata_id</primary>
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| 147 | </indexterm>
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| 148 | </listitem>
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| 149 | </varlistentry>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <varlistentry id="cdrom_id">
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| 152 | <term><command>cdrom_id</command></term>
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| 153 | <listitem>
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| 154 | <para>Provides Udev with the capabilities of a
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| 155 | CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive</para>
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| 156 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev cdrom_id">
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| 157 | <primary sortas="b-cdrom_id">cdrom_id</primary>
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| 158 | </indexterm>
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| 159 | </listitem>
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| 160 | </varlistentry>
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| 161 |
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[61e63d3] | 162 | <varlistentry id="collect">
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| 163 | <term><command>collect</command></term>
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| 164 | <listitem>
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| 165 | <para>Given an ID for the current uevent and a list of
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| 166 | IDs (for all target uevents), registers the current ID
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| 167 | and indicates whether all target IDs have been registered</para>
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| 168 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev collect">
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| 169 | <primary sortas="b-collect">collect</primary>
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| 170 | </indexterm>
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| 171 | </listitem>
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| 172 | </varlistentry>
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| 173 |
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[d2c332bc] | 174 | <varlistentry id="create_floppy_devices">
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| 175 | <term><command>create_floppy_devices</command></term>
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[ddd5542] | 176 | <listitem>
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[d2c332bc] | 177 | <para>Creates all possible floppy devices based on the CMOS type</para>
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| 178 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev create_floppy_devices">
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| 179 | <primary sortas="b-create_floppy_devices">create_floppy_devices</primary>
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[ddd5542] | 180 | </indexterm>
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| 181 | </listitem>
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| 182 | </varlistentry>
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| 183 |
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[d2c332bc] | 184 | <varlistentry id="edd_id">
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| 185 | <term><command>edd_id</command></term>
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[ddd5542] | 186 | <listitem>
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[d2c332bc] | 187 | <para>Provides Udev with the EDD ID for a BIOS disk drive</para>
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| 188 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev edd_id">
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| 189 | <primary sortas="b-edd_id">edd_id</primary>
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[ddd5542] | 190 | </indexterm>
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| 191 | </listitem>
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| 192 | </varlistentry>
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| 193 |
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[2791a8e] | 194 | <varlistentry id="firmware.sh">
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| 195 | <term><command>firmware.sh</command></term>
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[ddd5542] | 196 | <listitem>
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[d2c332bc] | 197 | <para>Uploads firmware to devices</para>
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[2791a8e] | 198 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev firmware.sh">
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| 199 | <primary sortas="b-firmware.sh">firmware.sh</primary>
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[d2c332bc] | 200 | </indexterm>
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| 201 | </listitem>
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| 202 | </varlistentry>
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| 203 |
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[61e63d3] | 204 | <varlistentry id="fstab_import">
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| 205 | <term><command>fstab_import</command></term>
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| 206 | <listitem>
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| 207 | <para>Finds an entry in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> that
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| 208 | matches the current device, and provides its information to
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| 209 | Udev</para>
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| 210 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev fstab_import">
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| 211 | <primary sortas="b-fstab_import">fstab_import</primary>
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| 212 | </indexterm>
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| 213 | </listitem>
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| 214 | </varlistentry>
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| 215 |
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[7d6d34b] | 216 | <varlistentry id="path_id">
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| 217 | <term><command>path_id</command></term>
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| 218 | <listitem>
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[9058aa1] | 219 | <para>Provides the shortest possible unique hardware path to a
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[7d6d34b] | 220 | device</para>
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| 221 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev path_id">
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| 222 | <primary sortas="b-path_id">path_id</primary>
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| 223 | </indexterm>
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| 224 | </listitem>
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| 225 | </varlistentry>
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| 226 |
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[d2c332bc] | 227 | <varlistentry id="scsi_id">
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| 228 | <term><command>scsi_id</command></term>
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| 229 | <listitem>
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| 230 | <para>Provides Udev with a unique SCSI identifier
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| 231 | based on the data returned from sending a SCSI INQUIRY command to
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| 232 | the specified device</para>
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| 233 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev scsi_id">
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| 234 | <primary sortas="b-scsi_id">scsi_id</primary>
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[ddd5542] | 235 | </indexterm>
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| 236 | </listitem>
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| 237 | </varlistentry>
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| 238 |
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[61e63d3] | 239 | <varlistentry id="udevadm">
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| 240 | <term><command>udevadm</command></term>
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[ddd5542] | 241 | <listitem>
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[61e63d3] | 242 | <para>Generic udev administration tool: controls the udevd daemon,
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| 243 | provides info from the Udev database, monitors uevents, waits for
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| 244 | uevents to finish, tests Udev configuration, and triggers uevents
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| 245 | for a given device</para>
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| 246 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevadm">
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| 247 | <primary sortas="b-udevadm">udevadm</primary>
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[ddd5542] | 248 | </indexterm>
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| 249 | </listitem>
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| 250 | </varlistentry>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <varlistentry id="udevd">
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| 253 | <term><command>udevd</command></term>
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| 254 | <listitem>
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[d2c332bc] | 255 | <para>A daemon that listens for uevents on the netlink socket,
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| 256 | creates devices and runs the configured external programs in
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| 257 | response to these uevents</para>
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[ddd5542] | 258 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd">
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| 259 | <primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary>
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| 260 | </indexterm>
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| 261 | </listitem>
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| 262 | </varlistentry>
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| 263 |
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[d2c332bc] | 264 | <varlistentry id="usb_id">
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| 265 | <term><command>usb_id</command></term>
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[ddd5542] | 266 | <listitem>
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[d2c332bc] | 267 | <para>Provides Udev with information about USB
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| 268 | devices</para>
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| 269 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev usb_id">
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| 270 | <primary sortas="b-usb_id">usb_id</primary>
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[ddd5542] | 271 | </indexterm>
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| 272 | </listitem>
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| 273 | </varlistentry>
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| 274 |
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[d2c332bc] | 275 | <varlistentry id="vol_id">
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| 276 | <term><command>vol_id</command></term>
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[ddd5542] | 277 | <listitem>
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[d2c332bc] | 278 | <para>Provides Udev with the label and uuid of a
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| 279 | filesystem</para>
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| 280 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev vol_id">
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| 281 | <primary sortas="b-vol_id">vol_id</primary>
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[ddd5542] | 282 | </indexterm>
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| 283 | </listitem>
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| 284 | </varlistentry>
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| 285 |
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[2791a8e] | 286 | <varlistentry id="write_cd_rules">
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| 287 | <term><command>write_cd_rules</command></term>
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| 288 | <listitem>
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| 289 | <para>A script which generates Udev rules to provide stable names for
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| 290 | optical drives (see also <xref linkend="ch-scripts-symlinks"/>)</para>
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| 291 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev write_cd_rules">
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| 292 | <primary sortas="b-write_cd_rules">write_cd_rules</primary>
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| 293 | </indexterm>
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| 294 | </listitem>
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| 295 | </varlistentry>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | <varlistentry id="write_net_rules">
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| 298 | <term><command>write_net_rules</command></term>
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| 299 | <listitem>
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| 300 | <para>A script which generates rules to provide stable names for
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| 301 | network interfaces (see also <xref linkend="ch-scripts-network"/>)
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| 302 | </para>
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| 303 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev write_net_rules">
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| 304 | <primary sortas="b-write_net_rules">write_net_rules</primary>
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| 305 | </indexterm>
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| 306 | </listitem>
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| 307 | </varlistentry>
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| 308 |
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[166a9db] | 309 | <varlistentry id="libudev">
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| 310 | <term><command>libudev</command></term>
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| 311 | <listitem>
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| 312 | <para>A library interface to udev device information</para>
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| 313 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev libudev">
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| 314 | <primary sortas="c-libudev">libudev</primary>
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| 315 | </indexterm>
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| 316 | </listitem>
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| 317 | </varlistentry>
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| 318 |
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[2791a8e] | 319 | <varlistentry id="libvolume_id">
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| 320 | <term><command>libvolume_id</command></term>
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| 321 | <listitem>
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[166a9db] | 322 | <para>A library interface to read volume labels and uuids</para>
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[2791a8e] | 323 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev libvolume_id">
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| 324 | <primary sortas="c-libvolume_id">libvolume_id</primary>
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| 325 | </indexterm>
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| 326 | </listitem>
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| 327 | </varlistentry>
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| 328 |
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[ddd5542] | 329 | <varlistentry id="etc-udev">
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| 330 | <term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term>
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| 331 | <listitem>
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[9058aa1] | 332 | <para>Contains Udev configuration files,
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[ddd5542] | 333 | device permissions, and rules for device naming</para>
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| 334 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev">
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| 335 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev">/etc/udev</primary>
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| 336 | </indexterm>
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| 337 | </listitem>
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| 338 | </varlistentry>
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| 339 |
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| 340 | </variablelist>
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| 341 |
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| 342 | </sect2>
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[9dfc02f] | 343 |
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| 344 | </sect1>
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