Changeset a0d96d25 for chapter07/udev.xml

Timestamp:

04/13/2006 08:17:52 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Archaic <archaic@…>

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Message:

Tweaked some of the educational text regarding udev.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7510 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter07/udev.xml (modified) (5 diffs)

chapter07/udev.xml

@@ -96 +96 @@
 
       <para>The <command>S10udev</command> initscript takes care of creating
-      device nodes when Linux is booted. The script starts by unsetting the
-      hotplug event handler from the default of <command>/sbin/hotplug</command>
-      This is done because, instead of the kernel calling out to an external
-      binary, <command>udevd</command> will listen on a netlink socket for
-      hotplug events that the kernel raises. The bootscript copies any static
+      device nodes when Linux is booted. The script unsets the uevent handler
+      from the default of <command>/sbin/hotplug</command>.  This is done
+      because the kernel no longer needs to call out to an external binary.
+      Instead <command>udevd</command> will listen on a netlink socket for
+      uevents that the kernel raises. Next, the bootscript copies any static
       device nodes that exist in <filename
       class="directory">/lib/udev/devices</filename> to <filename
       class="directory">/dev</filename>. This is necessary because some devices,
-      directories and symlinks are needed before the dynamic device handling
+      directories, and symlinks are needed before the dynamic device handling
       processes are available during the early stages of booting a system.
-      Creating static device nodes in
-      <filename class="directory">/lib/udev/devices</filename> also provides
-      an easy workaround for devices that are not supported by the dynamic
-      device handling infrastructure.  The bootscript then starts the Udev
-      daemon, <command>udevd</command>, which will act on any hotplug events it
-      receives. Finally, the bootscript &quot;coldplugs&quot; any devices that
-      have already been registered with the kernel by forcing them to raise
-      hotplug events which <command>udevd</command> will then handle.</para>
+      Creating static device nodes in <filename
+      class="directory">/lib/udev/devices</filename> also provides an easy
+      workaround for devices that are not supported by the dynamic device
+      handling infrastructure. The bootscript then starts the Udev daemon,
+      <command>udevd</command>, which will act on any uevents it receives.
+      Finally, the bootscript forces the kernel to replay uevents for any
+      devices that have already been registered and then waits for
+      <command>udevd</command> to handle them.</para>
 
     </sect3>
@@ -178 +178 @@
       <para>When you plug in a device, such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) MP3
       player, the kernel recognizes that the device is now connected and
-      generates a hotplug event. This hotplug event is then handled by
+      generates a uevent. This uevent is then handled by
       <command>udevd</command> as described above.</para>
 
@@ -198 +198 @@
       class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem>. In other cases, one should
       arrange module loading by other means. With Linux-&linux-version;, Udev is
-      known to load properly-written drivers for PCI, USB, SCSI, SERIO and
-      FireWire devices.</para>
-
-      <!-- After linux-2.6.16, add INPUT and IDE to the list above -->
+      known to load properly-written drivers for INPUT, IDE, PCI, USB, SCSI,
+      SERIO and FireWire devices.</para>
 
       <para>To determine if the device driver you require has the necessary
@@ -218 +216 @@
       directory under <filename class="directory">/sys/bus</filename>, this
       means that the kernel developers have not yet added modalias support to
-      this bus type. With Linux-&linux-version;, this is the case with ISA and
-      IDE busses. Expect this issue to be fixed in later kernel versions.</para>
-
-      <!-- Remove IDE from the list above after Linux-2.6.16 -->
+      this bus type. With Linux-&linux-version;, this is the case with ISA
+      busses. Expect this issue to be fixed in later kernel versions.</para>
 
       <para>Udev is not intended to load <quote>wrapper</quote> drivers such as
@@ -270 +266 @@
 
       <para>This usually happens if a rule unexpectedly matches a device. For
-      example, a poorly-writen rule can match by both a SCSI disk (as desired)
+      example, a poorly-writen rule can match both a SCSI disk (as desired)
       and the corresponding SCSI generic device (incorrectly) by vendor.
       Increase the logging verbosity of Udev, find the offending rule by