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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2013-03-29 01:10:46 +0000
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2013-03-29 01:10:46 +0000
commitd73690480dd649ad32c3fa3ef4b86ea5a85f50ec (patch)
tree442d0b3ac16c14d0de789612954483bf7b768e2d /udev-lfs/udevd.8
parent89afa22870de894c1720f551dbb884f65ff51704 (diff)
Update udev-lfs-199 for man pages and html docs
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@10227 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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--- a/udev-lfs/udevd.8
+++ b/udev-lfs/udevd.8
@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
-.\" Title: systemd-udevd.service
-.\" Author: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.77.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 07/20/2012
-.\" Manual: systemd-udevd.service
-.\" Source: systemd
-.\" Language: English
-.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.\" Manually updated for udev only for LFS by BRuce Dubbs
-.\" <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>
-.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.\"
-.TH "UDEVD" "8" "" "systemd (LFS modified man page)" "udevd"
+'\" t
+.TH "SYSTEMD\-UDEVD\&.SERVICE" "8" "" "systemd 199" "udevd"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -33,12 +22,12 @@
.SH "NAME"
udevd \- Device event managing daemon
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.PP
.HP \w'\fB/usr/lib/udevd\fR\ 'u
-\fB/lib/udev/udevd\fR [\fB\-\-daemon\fR] [\fB\-\-debug\fR] [\fB\-\-children\-max=\fR] [\fB\-\-exec\-delay=\fR] \ [\fB\-\-resolve\-names=early|late|never\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fB\-\-help\fR]
+\fB/lib/udev/udevd\fR [\fB\-\-daemon\fR] [\fB\-\-debug\fR] [\fB\-\-children\-max=\fR] [\fB\-\-exec\-delay=\fR] [\fB\-\-resolve\-names=early|late|never\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fB\-\-help\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
-udevd listens to kernel uevents\&. For every event, udevd executes matching instructions specified in udev rules\&. See
+\fBudevd\fR
+listens to kernel uevents\&. For every event, udevd executes matching instructions specified in udev rules\&. See
\fBudev\fR(7)\&.
.PP
The behavior of the running daemon can be changed with
@@ -57,12 +46,12 @@ Print debug messages to stderr\&.
.PP
\fB\-\-children\-max=\fR
.RS 4
-Limit the number of parallel executed events\&.
+Limit the number of events executed in parallel\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-exec\-delay=\fR
.RS 4
-Number of seconds to delay the execution of RUN instructions\&. This might be useful when debugging system crashes during coldplug cause by loading non\-working kernel modules\&.
+Delay the execution of RUN instruction by the given number of seconds\&. This option might be useful when debugging system crashes during coldplug caused by loading non\-working kernel modules\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-resolve\-names=\fR
@@ -87,13 +76,15 @@ Print help text\&.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.PP
-\fIUDEV_LOG=\fR
+\fI$UDEV_LOG=\fR
.RS 4
Set the logging priority\&.
.RE
.SH "KERNEL COMMAND LINE"
.PP
-The parameters starting with "rd\&.", will be read when udev is used in an initrd\&.
+Parameters starting with "rd\&." will be read when
+\fBudevd\fR
+is used in an initrd\&.
.PP
\fIudev\&.log\-priority=\fR, \fIrd\&.udev\&.log\-priority=\fR
.RS 4
@@ -102,12 +93,30 @@ Set the logging priority\&.
.PP
\fIudev\&.children\-max=\fR, \fIrd\&.udev\&.children\-max=\fR
.RS 4
-Limit the number of parallel executed events\&.
+Limit the number of events executed in parallel\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIudev\&.exec\-delay=\fR, \fIrd\&.udev\&.exec\-delay=\fR
.RS 4
-Number of seconds to delay the execution of RUN instructions\&. This might be useful when debugging system crashes during coldplug cause by loading non\-working kernel modules\&.
+Delay the execution of RUN instruction by the given number of seconds\&. This option might be useful when debugging system crashes during coldplug caused by loading non\-working kernel modules\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fInet\&.ifnames=\fR
+.RS 4
+Network interfaces are renamed to give them predictable names when possible\&. It is enabled by default, specifying 0 disables it\&.
+.RE
+.SH "CONFIGURATION FILE"
+.PP
+udev expects its main configuration file at
+/etc/udev/udev\&.conf\&. It consists of a set of variables allowing the user to override default udev values\&. All empty lines or lines beginning with \*(Aq#\*(Aq are ignored\&. The following variables can be set:
+.PP
+\fIudev_log\fR
+.RS 4
+The logging priority\&. Valid values are the numerical syslog priorities or their textual representations:
+\fBerr\fR,
+\fBinfo\fR
+and
+\fBdebug\fR\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP