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author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2014-04-23 20:53:49 +0000 |
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committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2014-04-23 20:53:49 +0000 |
commit | 976040f4a11fdf01390d685312ef29e4e84ca1cb (patch) | |
tree | 5e278f3f0bc4b5e4da2ee1114e7ed880b2a88a12 /chapter07 | |
parent | e040ad195fdeed3a0f1d0ac62272491892cd238c (diff) |
Update to man-pages-3.65.
Text changes in Chapter 7.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@10549 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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-rw-r--r-- | chapter07/network.xml | 11 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | chapter07/usage.xml | 90 |
2 files changed, 91 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/chapter07/network.xml b/chapter07/network.xml index 97ecf894e..4ec00b6f2 100644 --- a/chapter07/network.xml +++ b/chapter07/network.xml @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <para>Replace eth0 with the correct network interface card name as described on the beginning of this page.</para> - <note><para>These procedures require the configuartion files as specified + <note><para>These procedures require the configuration files as specified in the previous section.</para></note> <note><para>The network card can also be started or stopped @@ -147,9 +147,12 @@ Address=192.168.0.2/24 Gateway=192.168.0.1 EOF</userinput></screen> - <para>You can use multiple .network files if desired. You can also specify - DHCP=yes instead of the Address and Gateway settings. See the man page for - systemd.network for more details,</para> + <para>You can use multiple .network files if desired. You can also specify + DHCP=yes instead of the Address and Gateway settings. See the man page for + systemd.network for more details,</para> + + <note><para>If this method is used, be sure to disable ifupdown@eth0 as + described in the previous section (if it was enabled).</para></note> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter07/usage.xml b/chapter07/usage.xml index 3eb323a6e..885032365 100644 --- a/chapter07/usage.xml +++ b/chapter07/usage.xml @@ -207,14 +207,93 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> </sect3> </sect2> + <sect2> + <title>Udev Bootscripts</title> + + <para>The first LFS bootscript, + <filename>/etc/init.d/mountvirtfs</filename> will copy any devices + located 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 processes are available during the early stages of + booting a system, or are required by <command>udevd</command> itself. + 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.</para> + + <para>The <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/udev</filename> initscript starts + <command>udevd</command>, triggers any "coldplug" devices that have + already been created by the kernel and waits for any rules to complete. + The script also unsets the uevent handler from the default of + <filename>/sbin/hotplug </filename>. 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.</para> + + <para>The <command>/etc/rc.d/init.d/udev_retry</command> initscript takes + care of re-triggering events for subsystems whose rules may rely on + filesystems that are not mounted until the <command>mountfs</command> + script is run (in particular, <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> + and <filename class="directory">/var</filename> may cause this). This + script runs after the <command>mountfs</command> script, so those rules + (if re-triggered) should succeed the second time around. It is + configured from the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/udev_retry</filename> file; + any words in this file other than comments are considered subsystem names + to trigger at retry time. To find the subsystem of a device, use + <command>udevadm info --attribute-walk <device></command> where + <device> is an absolute path in /dev or /sys such as /dev/sr0 or + /sys/class/rtc.</para> + + <sect3> + <title>Module Loading</title> + + <para>Device drivers compiled as modules may have aliases built into them. + Aliases are visible in the output of the <command>modinfo</command> + program and are usually related to the bus-specific identifiers of devices + supported by a module. For example, the <emphasis>snd-fm801</emphasis> + driver supports PCI devices with vendor ID 0x1319 and device ID 0x0801, + and has an alias of <quote>pci:v00001319d00000801sv*sd*bc04sc01i*</quote>. + For most devices, the bus driver exports the alias of the driver that + would handle the device via <systemitem + class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem>. E.g., the + <filename>/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:0d.0/modalias</filename> file + might contain the string + <quote>pci:v00001319d00000801sv00001319sd00001319bc04sc01i00</quote>. + The default rules provided with Udev will cause <command>udevd</command> + to call out to <command>/sbin/modprobe</command> with the contents of the + <envar>MODALIAS</envar> uevent environment variable (which should be the + same as the contents of the <filename>modalias</filename> file in sysfs), + thus loading all modules whose aliases match this string after wildcard + expansion.</para> + + <para>In this example, this means that, in addition to + <emphasis>snd-fm801</emphasis>, the obsolete (and unwanted) + <emphasis>forte</emphasis> driver will be loaded if it is + available. See below for ways in which the loading of unwanted drivers can + be prevented.</para> + + <para>The kernel itself is also able to load modules for network + protocols, filesystems and NLS support on demand.</para> + + </sect3> + + <sect3> + <title>Handling Hotpluggable/Dynamic Devices</title> + + <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 uevent. This uevent is then handled by + <command>udevd</command> as described above.</para> + + </sect3> + </sect2> + <sect2 id="ch-scripts-clock"> <title>Configuring the System Clock</title> - <sect3 id="ch-scripts-setclock"> - <title>System V Clock Configuration</title> - - <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-setclock"> - <primary sortas="d-setclock">setclock</primary> + <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-clock"> + <primary sortas="d-scripts-setclock">setclock</primary> <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> <para>The <command>setclock</command> script reads the time from the hardware @@ -268,7 +347,6 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <note><para>The CLOCKPARAMS and UTC paramaters may be alternatively set in the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/rc.site</filename> file.</para></note> - </sect3> </sect2> <sect2 id="ch-scripts-console"> |