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diff --git a/chapter06/eudev.xml b/chapter06/eudev.xml
index f66c669de..129d99d94 100644
--- a/chapter06/eudev.xml
+++ b/chapter06/eudev.xml
@@ -72,21 +72,18 @@ BLKID_LIBS='-L/tools/lib -lblkid' \
<para>Create some directories now that are needed for tests, but
will also be used as a part of installation:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="test">mkdir -pv /lib/{firmware,udev}
-mkdir -pv /lib/udev/rules.d
+<screen><userinput remap="test">mkdir -pv /lib/udev/rules.d
mkdir -pv /etc/udev/rules.d</userinput></screen>
-<para>To test the results, run issue:</para>
+<para>To test the results, issue:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
- <para>Install the package and create the initial
- <filename>/etc/udev/hwdb.bin</filename> file:</para>
+ <para>Install the package:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install
-udevadm hwdb --update</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
-<para>Now, install the man pages:</para>
+ <para>Now, install the man pages:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">tar -xvf ../eudev-&eudev-version;-manpages.tar.bz2 -C /usr/share</userinput></screen>
@@ -98,6 +95,32 @@ make -f &udev-lfs-version;/Makefile.lfs install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
+ <sect2 id="conf-eudev" role="configuration">
+ <title>Configuring Eudev</title>
+
+ <indexterm zone="conf-eudev">
+ <primary sortas="a-Eudev">Eudev</primary>
+ <secondary>configuring</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <indexterm zone="conf-eudev">
+ <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev/hwdb.bin">/etc/udev/hwdb.bin</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <para>Information about hardware devices is maintained in the
+ <filename class="directory">/etc/udev/hwdb.d</filename> and
+ <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/udev/hwdb.d</filename> directories.
+ <application>Eudev</application> needs that information to be compiled
+ into a binary database <filename>/etc/udev/hwdb.bin</filename>. Create the
+ initial database:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>udevadm hwdb --update</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>This command needs to be run each time the hardware information is
+ updated.</para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
<sect2 id="contents-eudev" role="content">
<title>Contents of Eudev</title>