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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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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-udev" role="wrap" revision="sysv">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="udev.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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12 | <productname>udev</productname>
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13 | <productnumber>&systemd-version;</productnumber>
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14 | <address>&systemd-url;</address>
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15 | </sect1info>
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16 |
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17 | <title>Udev from Systemd-&systemd-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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25 |
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26 | <para>The Udev package contains programs for dynamic creation of device
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27 | nodes.</para>
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28 |
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29 | <segmentedlist>
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30 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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31 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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32 |
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33 | <seglistitem>
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34 | <seg>&udev-fin-sbu;</seg>
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35 | <seg>&udev-fin-du;</seg>
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36 | </seglistitem>
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37 | </segmentedlist>
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38 | </sect2>
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39 |
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40 | <sect2 role="installation">
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41 | <title>Installation of Udev</title>
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42 |
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43 | <para>Udev is part of the systemd-&systemd-version; package. Use
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44 | the systemd-&systemd-version;.tar.xz file as the source tarball.</para>
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45 |
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46 | <para>Remove two unneeded groups,
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47 | <systemitem class="groupname">render</systemitem> and
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48 | <systemitem class="groupname">sgx</systemitem>, from the default udev
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49 | rules:</para>
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50 |
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51 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's/GROUP="render"/GROUP="video"/' \
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52 | -e 's/GROUP="sgx", //' rules.d/50-udev-default.rules.in</userinput></screen>
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53 |
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54 | <para>Prepare Udev for compilation:</para>
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55 |
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56 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">mkdir -p build
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57 | cd build
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58 |
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59 | meson setup \
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60 | --prefix=/usr \
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61 | --buildtype=release \
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62 | -Dmode=release \
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63 | -Ddev-kvm-mode=0660 \
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64 | -Dlink-udev-shared=false \
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65 | ..</userinput></screen>
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66 |
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67 | <variablelist>
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68 | <title>The meaning of the meson options:</title>
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69 |
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70 | <varlistentry>
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71 | <term><parameter>--buildtype=release</parameter></term>
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72 | <listitem>
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73 | <para>This switch overrides the default buildtype
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74 | (<quote>debug</quote>), which produces unoptimized
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75 | binaries.</para>
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76 | </listitem>
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77 | </varlistentry>
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78 |
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79 | <varlistentry>
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80 | <term><parameter>-Dmode=release</parameter></term>
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81 | <listitem>
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82 | <para>Disable some features considered experimental by upstream.
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83 | </para>
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84 | </listitem>
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85 | </varlistentry>
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86 |
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87 | <varlistentry>
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88 | <term><parameter>-Ddev-kvm-mode=0660</parameter></term>
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89 | <listitem>
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90 | <para>The default udev rule would allow all users to access
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91 | <filename class='devicefile'>/dev/kvm</filename>. The editors
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92 | consider it dangerous. This option overrides it.</para>
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93 | </listitem>
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94 | </varlistentry>
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95 |
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96 | <varlistentry>
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97 | <term><parameter>-Dlink-udev-shared=false</parameter></term>
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98 | <listitem>
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99 | <para>This option prevents udev from linking to the internal
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100 | systemd shared library,
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101 | <systemitem class='library'>libsystemd-shared</systemitem>.
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102 | This library is designed to be shared by many Systemd components
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103 | and it's too overkill for a udev-only installation.</para>
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104 | </listitem>
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105 | </varlistentry>
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106 | </variablelist>
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107 |
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108 | <para>Only build the components needed for udev:</para>
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109 |
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110 | <screen><userinput remap="make">ninja udevadm systemd-hwdb \
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111 | $(grep -o -E "^build (src/libudev|src/udev|rules.d|hwdb.d)[^:]*" \
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112 | build.ninja | awk '{ print $2 }') \
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113 | $(realpath libudev.so --relative-to .)</userinput></screen>
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114 |
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115 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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116 |
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117 | <screen><userinput remap="install">install -vm755 -d {/usr/lib,/etc}/udev/{hwdb,rules}.d
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118 | install -vm755 udevadm /usr/bin/
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119 | install -vm755 systemd-hwdb /usr/bin/udev-hwdb
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120 | ln -sv ../bin/udevadm /usr/sbin/udevd
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121 | cp -av libudev.so{,*[0-9]} /usr/lib/
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122 | install -vm644 ../src/libudev/libudev.h /usr/include/
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123 | install -vm644 src/libudev/*.pc /usr/lib/pkgconfig/
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124 | install -vm644 src/udev/*.pc /usr/share/pkgconfig/
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125 | install -vm644 ../src/udev/udev.conf /etc/udev/
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126 | install -vm644 rules.d/* ../rules.d/{*.rules,README} /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/
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127 | install -vm644 hwdb.d/* ../hwdb.d/{*.hwdb,README} /usr/lib/udev/hwdb.d/
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128 | install -vm755 $(find src/udev -type f | grep -F -v ".") /usr/lib/udev</userinput></screen>
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129 |
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130 | <para>Install some custom rules and support files useful in an LFS
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131 | environment:</para>
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132 |
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133 | <screen><userinput remap="install">tar -xvf ../../&udev-lfs-version;.tar.xz
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134 | make -f &udev-lfs-version;/Makefile.lfs install</userinput></screen>
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135 |
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136 | </sect2>
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137 |
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138 | <sect2 id="conf-udev" role="configuration">
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139 | <title>Configuring Udev</title>
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140 |
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141 | <indexterm zone="conf-udev">
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142 | <primary sortas="a-Udev">Udev</primary>
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143 | <secondary>configuring</secondary>
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144 | </indexterm>
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145 |
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146 | <indexterm zone="conf-udev">
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147 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev/hwdb.bin">/etc/udev/hwdb.bin</primary>
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148 | </indexterm>
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149 |
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150 | <para>Information about hardware devices is maintained in the
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151 | <filename class="directory">/etc/udev/hwdb.d</filename> and
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152 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/udev/hwdb.d</filename> directories.
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153 | <application>Udev</application> needs that information to be compiled
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154 | into a binary database <filename>/etc/udev/hwdb.bin</filename>. Create the
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155 | initial database:</para>
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156 |
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157 | <screen><userinput>udev-hwdb update</userinput></screen>
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158 |
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159 | <para>This command needs to be run each time the hardware information is
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160 | updated.</para>
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161 |
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162 | </sect2>
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163 |
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164 | <sect2 id="contents-udev" role="content">
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165 | <title>Contents of Udev</title>
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166 |
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167 | <segmentedlist>
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168 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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169 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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170 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
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171 |
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172 | <seglistitem>
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173 | <seg>udevadm, udevd (symlink to udevadm), and udev-hwdb</seg>
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174 |
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175 | <seg>libudev.so</seg>
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176 |
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177 | <seg>/etc/udev and /usr/lib/udev</seg>
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178 | </seglistitem>
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179 | </segmentedlist>
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180 |
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181 | <variablelist>
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182 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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183 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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184 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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185 | <varlistentry id="udevadm" revision="sysv">
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186 | <term><command>udevadm</command></term>
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187 | <listitem>
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188 | <para>Generic udev administration tool: controls the udevd daemon,
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189 | provides info from the Udev database, monitors uevents, waits for
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190 | uevents to finish, tests Udev configuration, and triggers uevents
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191 | for a given device</para>
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192 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevadm">
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193 | <primary sortas="b-udevadm">udevadm</primary>
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194 | </indexterm>
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195 | </listitem>
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196 | </varlistentry>
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197 |
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198 | <varlistentry id="udevd">
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199 | <term><command>udevd</command></term>
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200 | <listitem>
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201 | <para>A daemon that listens for uevents on the netlink socket,
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202 | creates devices and runs the configured external programs in
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203 | response to these uevents</para>
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204 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd">
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205 | <primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary>
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206 | </indexterm>
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207 | </listitem>
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208 | </varlistentry>
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209 |
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210 | <varlistentry id="udev-hwdb">
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211 | <term><command>udev-hwdb</command></term>
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212 | <listitem>
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213 | <para>Updates or query the hardware database.</para>
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214 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udev-hwdb">
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215 | <primary sortas="b-udev-hwdb">udev-hwdb</primary>
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216 | </indexterm>
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217 | </listitem>
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218 | </varlistentry>
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219 |
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220 | <varlistentry id="libudev">
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221 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libudev</filename></term>
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222 | <listitem>
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223 | <para>A library interface to udev device information</para>
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224 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev libudev">
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225 | <primary sortas="c-libudev">libudev</primary>
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226 | </indexterm>
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227 | </listitem>
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228 | </varlistentry>
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229 |
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230 | <varlistentry id="etc-udev">
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231 | <term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term>
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232 | <listitem>
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233 | <para>Contains Udev configuration files,
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234 | device permissions, and rules for device naming</para>
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235 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev">
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236 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev">/etc/udev</primary>
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237 | </indexterm>
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238 | </listitem>
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239 | </varlistentry>
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240 |
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241 | </variablelist>
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242 |
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243 | </sect2>
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244 |
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245 | </sect1>
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