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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2012-07-16 17:19:20 +0000
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2012-07-16 17:19:20 +0000
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Updated udev to version 186. This update has a major procedure
change due to merging systemd and udev. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9908 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
- <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
- %general-entities;
-]>
-
-<sect1 id="ch-system-udev" role="wrap">
- <?dbhtml filename="udev.html"?>
-
- <sect1info condition="script">
- <productname>udev</productname>
- <productnumber>&udev-version;</productnumber>
- <address>&udev-url;</address>
- </sect1info>
-
- <title>Udev-&udev-version;</title>
-
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev">
- <primary sortas="a-Udev">Udev</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <sect2 role="package">
- <title/>
-
- <para>The Udev package contains programs for dynamic creation of device
- nodes.</para>
-
- <segmentedlist>
- <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
- <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
-
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>&udev-ch6-sbu;</seg>
- <seg>&udev-ch6-du;</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- </segmentedlist>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 role="installation">
- <title>Installation of Udev</title>
-
- <para>The udev-config tarball contains LFS-specific files used to configure
- Udev. Unpack it into the Udev source directory:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">tar -xvf ../&udev-config;.tar.bz2</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Create some devices and directories that Udev cannot handle due to
- them being required very early in the boot process, or by Udev itself:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">install -dv /lib/{firmware,udev/devices/pts}
-mknod -m0666 /lib/udev/devices/null c 1 3</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Prepare the package for compilation:</para>
-
-<!-- Note that "libdir=/usr/lib64" would be required for multilib. -->
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
- --with-rootprefix='' \
- --bindir=/sbin \
- --sysconfdir=/etc \
- --libexecdir=/lib \
- --enable-rule_generator \
- --disable-introspection \
- --disable-keymap \
- --disable-gudev \
- --with-usb-ids-path=no \
- --with-pci-ids-path=no \
- --with-systemdsystemunitdir=no</userinput></screen>
-
- <variablelist>
- <title>The meaning of the new configure options</title>
-
- <!-- Note that libexecdir *MUST* stay /lib, even on a 64-bit
- / multilib system where udev is compiled for 64-bit. The udev
- configure system automatically adds "udev" onto this path, and other
- packages require /lib/udev; the udev maintainers have
- said this is part of the udev API. -->
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--libexecdir=/lib</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>This controls where Udev-internal rules and helper programs
- are installed.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--enable-rule_generator</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>This allows persistent rules to be generated for network and
- optical media devices</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--disable-* and --with-*</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>These options prevent Udev from installing helper programs and
- other extras which require more external libraries. These libraries
- are not part of the base LFS system. See the Udev
- <filename>README</filename> file for more information.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>Compile the package:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Test the package.</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Install the package:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Remove an empty documentation directory:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">rmdir -v /usr/share/doc/udev</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Now install the LFS-specific custom rules files:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">cd &udev-config;
-make install</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Install the documentation that explains the LFS-specific rules
- files:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install-doc</userinput></screen>
-
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="contents-udev" role="content">
- <title>Contents of Udev</title>
-
- <segmentedlist>
- <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
- <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
- <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
-
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>ata_id, cdrom_id, collect, create_floppy_devices, edd_id,
- firmware.sh, fstab_import, path_id, scsi_id, udevadm, udevd,
- usb_id, write_cd_rules, and write_net_rules</seg>
- <seg>libudev.{a,so}</seg>
- <seg>/etc/udev, /lib/udev, /lib/firmware, /usr/share/doc/udev-config,
- /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libudev</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- </segmentedlist>
-
- <variablelist>
- <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
- <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
- <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
-
- <varlistentry id="ata_id">
- <term><command>ata_id</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Provides Udev with a unique string and
- additional information (uuid, label) for an ATA drive</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev ata_id">
- <primary sortas="b-ata_id">ata_id</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="cdrom_id">
- <term><command>cdrom_id</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Provides Udev with the capabilities of a
- CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev cdrom_id">
- <primary sortas="b-cdrom_id">cdrom_id</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="collect">
- <term><command>collect</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Given an ID for the current uevent and a list of
- IDs (for all target uevents), registers the current ID
- and indicates whether all target IDs have been registered</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev collect">
- <primary sortas="b-collect">collect</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="create_floppy_devices">
- <term><command>create_floppy_devices</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Creates all possible floppy devices based on the CMOS type</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev create_floppy_devices">
- <primary sortas="b-create_floppy_devices">create_floppy_devices</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="edd_id">
- <term><command>edd_id</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Provides Udev with the EDD ID for a BIOS disk drive</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev edd_id">
- <primary sortas="b-edd_id">edd_id</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="firmware.sh">
- <term><command>firmware.sh</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Uploads firmware to devices</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev firmware.sh">
- <primary sortas="b-firmware.sh">firmware.sh</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="fstab_import">
- <term><command>fstab_import</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Finds an entry in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> that
- matches the current device, and provides its information to
- Udev</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev fstab_import">
- <primary sortas="b-fstab_import">fstab_import</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="path_id">
- <term><command>path_id</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Provides the shortest possible unique hardware path to a
- device</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev path_id">
- <primary sortas="b-path_id">path_id</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="scsi_id">
- <term><command>scsi_id</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Provides Udev with a unique SCSI identifier
- based on the data returned from sending a SCSI INQUIRY command to
- the specified device</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev scsi_id">
- <primary sortas="b-scsi_id">scsi_id</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="udevadm">
- <term><command>udevadm</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Generic udev administration tool: controls the udevd daemon,
- provides info from the Udev database, monitors uevents, waits for
- uevents to finish, tests Udev configuration, and triggers uevents
- for a given device</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevadm">
- <primary sortas="b-udevadm">udevadm</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="udevd">
- <term><command>udevd</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A daemon that listens for uevents on the netlink socket,
- creates devices and runs the configured external programs in
- response to these uevents</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd">
- <primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="usb_id">
- <term><command>usb_id</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Provides Udev with information about USB
- devices</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev usb_id">
- <primary sortas="b-usb_id">usb_id</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="write_cd_rules">
- <term><command>write_cd_rules</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A script which generates Udev rules to provide stable names for
- optical drives (see also <xref linkend="ch-scripts-symlinks"/>)</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev write_cd_rules">
- <primary sortas="b-write_cd_rules">write_cd_rules</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="write_net_rules">
- <term><command>write_net_rules</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A script which generates rules to provide stable names for
- network interfaces (see also <xref linkend="ch-scripts-network"/>)
- </para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev write_net_rules">
- <primary sortas="b-write_net_rules">write_net_rules</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="libudev">
- <term><filename class="libraryfile">libudev</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>A library interface to udev device information</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev libudev">
- <primary sortas="c-libudev">libudev</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="etc-udev">
- <term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Contains Udev configuration files,
- device permissions, and rules for device naming</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev">
- <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev">/etc/udev</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
-
- </sect2>
-
-</sect1>