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| author | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2007-04-16 19:34:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2007-04-16 19:34:38 +0000 |
| commit | 8536c02ded36cddc06df1f8b3fbb6d2889f2e544 (patch) | |
| tree | f19e066c3523b8ce3e97bc87ef85d6eff392e5b1 /chapter07 | |
| parent | ce33e5757d49964789b9642fb08e98211c1408dd (diff) | |
Upgrade to Udev-108. Fixes #1976.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8064 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter07')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/symlinks.xml | 23 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/chapter07/symlinks.xml b/chapter07/symlinks.xml index c842427d1..05a3a053f 100644 --- a/chapter07/symlinks.xml +++ b/chapter07/symlinks.xml @@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ for you, depending on the capabilities of each device, but you need to decide which of two modes of operation you wish to have the script use.</para> - <para>First, the script can operate in <quote>by-path</quote> mode, where - the rules it creates depend on the physical path to the CD or DVD device. - Second, it can operate in <quote>by-id</quote> mode, where the rules it - creates depend on identification strings stored in the CD or DVD device - itself. The path is determined by Udev's <command>path_id</command> script, - and the identification strings are read from the hardware by its + <para>First, the script can operate in <quote>by-path</quote> mode (used by + default for USB and FireWire devices), where the rules it creates depend on + the physical path to the CD or DVD device. Second, it can operate in + <quote>by-id</quote> mode (default for IDE and SCSI devices), where the + rules it creates depend on identification strings stored in the CD or DVD + device itself. The path is determined by Udev's <command>path_id</command> + script, and the identification strings are read from the hardware by its <command>ata_id</command> or <command>scsi_id</command> programs, depending on which type of device you have.</para> @@ -69,13 +70,13 @@ is not empty, otherwise it will use a combination of ID_MODEL and ID_REVISION. The <quote>by-path</quote> mode will use the ID_PATH value.</para> - <para>If you choose the <quote>by-path</quote> mode, then the rules files - installed by default with Udev will work. If you choose the <quote>by-id</quote> - mode, then you will have to modify the + <para>If the default mode is not suitable for your situation, then the + following modification can be made to the <filename>/etc/udev/rules.d/75-cd-aliases-generator.rules</filename> file, - as follows:</para> + as follows (where <replaceable>mode</replaceable> is one of + <quote>by-id</quote> or <quote>by-path</quote>):</para> -<screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's/write_cd_aliases/& by-id/' \ +<screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's/write_cd_aliases/& <replaceable>mode</replaceable>/' \ /etc/udev/rules.d/75-cd-aliases-generator.rules</userinput></screen> <para>Note that it is not necessary to create the rules files or symlinks |