From 8536c02ded36cddc06df1f8b3fbb6d2889f2e544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:34:38 +0000
Subject: Upgrade to Udev-108.  Fixes #1976.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8064 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
---
 chapter07/symlinks.xml | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

(limited to 'chapter07')

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/&amp; by-id/' \
+<screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's/write_cd_aliases/&amp; <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
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