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| 4 |   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 |   %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 | 
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-udev" role="wrap">
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| 9 |   <?dbhtml filename="udev.html"?>
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| 10 | 
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| 11 |   <title>Udev-&udev-version;</title>
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| 12 | 
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| 13 |   <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev">
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| 14 |     <primary sortas="a-Udev">Udev</primary>
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| 15 |   </indexterm>
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| 16 | 
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| 17 |   <sect2 role="package">
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| 18 |     <title/>
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| 19 | 
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| 20 |     <para>The Udev package contains programs for dynamic creation of device
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| 21 |     nodes.</para>
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| 22 | 
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| 23 |     <segmentedlist>
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| 24 |       <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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| 25 | 
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| 26 |       <seglistitem>
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| 27 |         <seg>Coreutils, Make, and Tree</seg>
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| 28 |       </seglistitem>
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| 29 |     </segmentedlist>
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| 30 | 
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| 31 |   </sect2>
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| 32 | 
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| 33 |   <sect2 role="installation">
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| 34 |     <title>Installation of Udev</title>
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| 35 | 
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| 36 |     <para os="a">Compile the package:</para>
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| 37 | 
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| 38 | <screen os="b"><userinput>make EXTRAS="extras/firmware extras/run_directory"</userinput></screen>
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| 39 | 
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| 40 |     <variablelist os="c">
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| 41 |       <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
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| 42 | 
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| 43 |       <varlistentry>
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| 44 |       <term><parameter>EXTRAS="extras/firmware extras/run_directory"</parameter></term>
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| 45 |         <listitem>
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| 46 |           <para>This builds the <command>udev_run_devd</command> and
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| 47 |           <command>udev_run_hotplugd</command> binaries, which are required for
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| 48 |           correct handling of hotpluggable devices.</para>
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| 49 |         </listitem>
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| 50 |       </varlistentry>
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| 51 | 
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| 52 |     </variablelist>
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| 53 | 
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| 54 |     <para os="d">To test the results, issue:
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| 55 |     <userinput>make test</userinput>.</para>
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| 56 | 
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| 57 |     <para os="e">Install the package:</para>
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| 58 | 
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| 59 | <screen os="f"><userinput>make DESTDIR=/ EXTRAS="extras/firmware extras/run_directory" install</userinput></screen>
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| 60 | 
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| 61 |     <variablelist os="g">
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| 62 |       <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
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| 63 | 
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| 64 |       <varlistentry>
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| 65 |       <term><parameter>DESTDIR=/</parameter></term>
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| 66 |         <listitem>
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| 67 |           <para>This prevents the Udev build process from killing any
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| 68 |           <command>udevd</command> processes that may be running on the
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| 69 |           system.</para>
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| 70 |         </listitem>
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| 71 |       </varlistentry>
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| 72 | 
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| 73 |     </variablelist>
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| 74 | 
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| 75 |     <para os="h">Udev's configuration is far from ideal by default, so install
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| 76 |     the configuration files here:</para>
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| 77 | 
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| 78 | <screen os="i"><userinput>cp ../&udev-config-file; /etc/udev/rules.d/25-lfs.rules</userinput></screen>
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| 79 | 
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| 80 |     <para os="j">Install the documentation that explains how to create
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| 81 |     Udev rules:</para>
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| 82 | 
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| 83 | <screen os="k"><userinput>install -m644 -D docs/writing_udev_rules/index.html /usr/share/doc/udev-&udev-version;/index.html</userinput></screen>
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| 84 | 
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| 85 |     <para os="l">Run the <command>udevstart</command> program to create our full
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| 86 |     complement of device nodes.</para>
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| 87 | 
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| 88 | <screen os="m"><userinput>/sbin/udevstart</userinput></screen>
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| 89 | 
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| 90 |   </sect2>
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| 91 | 
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| 92 |   <sect2 id="contents-udev" role="content">
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| 93 |     <title>Contents of Udev</title>
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| 94 | 
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| 95 |     <segmentedlist>
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| 96 |       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 97 |       <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
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| 98 | 
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| 99 |       <seglistitem>
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| 100 |         <seg>udev, udevcontrol, udevd, udevinfo, udevmonitor, udevsend,
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| 101 |         udevstart and udevtest</seg>
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| 102 |         <seg>/etc/udev</seg>
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| 103 |       </seglistitem>
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| 104 |     </segmentedlist>
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| 105 | 
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| 106 |     <variablelist>
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| 107 |       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 108 |       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 109 |       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 110 | 
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| 111 |       <varlistentry id="udev">
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| 112 |         <term><command>udev</command></term>
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| 113 |         <listitem>
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| 114 |           <para>Creates device nodes in <filename
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| 115 |           class="directory">/dev</filename> or renames network interfaces (not
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| 116 |           in LFS) in response to hotplug events</para>
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| 117 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udev">
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| 118 |             <primary sortas="b-udev">udev</primary>
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| 119 |           </indexterm>
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| 120 |         </listitem>
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| 121 |       </varlistentry>
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| 122 | 
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| 123 |       <varlistentry id="udevcontrol">
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| 124 |         <term><command>udevcontrol</command></term>
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| 125 |         <listitem>
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| 126 |           <para>Configures a number of options for the running
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| 127 |           <command>udevd</command> daemon, such as the log level.</para>
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| 128 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevcontrol">
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| 129 |             <primary sortas="b-udevcontrol">udevcontrol</primary>
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| 130 |           </indexterm>
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| 131 |         </listitem>
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| 132 |       </varlistentry>
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| 133 | 
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| 134 |       <varlistentry id="udevd">
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| 135 |         <term><command>udevd</command></term>
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| 136 |         <listitem>
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| 137 |           <para>A daemon that reorders hotplug events before submitting them to
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| 138 |           <command>udev</command>,
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| 139 |           thus avoiding various race conditions</para>
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| 140 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd">
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| 141 |             <primary sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary>
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| 142 |           </indexterm>
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| 143 |         </listitem>
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| 144 |       </varlistentry>
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| 145 | 
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| 146 |       <varlistentry id="udevinfo">
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| 147 |         <term><command>udevinfo</command></term>
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| 148 |         <listitem>
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| 149 |           <para>Allows users to query the <command>udev</command> database for
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| 150 |           information on any device currently present on the system; it also
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| 151 |           provides a way to query any device in the <systemitem
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| 152 |           class="filesystem">sysfs</systemitem> tree to help create udev
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| 153 |           rules</para>
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| 154 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevinfo">
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| 155 |             <primary sortas="b-udevinfo">udevinfo</primary>
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| 156 |           </indexterm>
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| 157 |         </listitem>
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| 158 |       </varlistentry>
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| 159 | 
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| 160 |       <varlistentry id="udevmonitor">
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| 161 |         <term><command>udevmonitor</command></term>
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| 162 |         <listitem>
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| 163 |           <para>Prints the event received from the kernel and the event which
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| 164 |           <command>udev</command> sends out after rule processing</para>
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| 165 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevmonitor">
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| 166 |             <primary sortas="b-udevmonitor">udevmonitor</primary>
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| 167 |           </indexterm>
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| 168 |         </listitem>
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| 169 |       </varlistentry>
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| 170 | 
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| 171 |       <varlistentry id="udevsend">
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| 172 |         <term><command>udevsend</command></term>
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| 173 |         <listitem>
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| 174 |           <para>Delivers hotplug events to <command>udevd</command></para>
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| 175 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevsend">
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| 176 |             <primary sortas="b-udevsend">udevsend</primary>
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| 177 |           </indexterm>
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| 178 |         </listitem>
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| 179 |       </varlistentry>
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| 180 | 
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| 181 |       <varlistentry id="udevstart">
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| 182 |         <term><command>udevstart</command></term>
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| 183 |         <listitem>
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| 184 |           <para>Creates device nodes in <filename class="directory">/dev</filename>
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| 185 |           that correspond to drivers compiled directly into the kernel; it
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| 186 |           performs that task by simulating hotplug events presumably dropped by
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| 187 |           the kernel before invocation of this program (e.g., because the root
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| 188 |           filesystem has not been mounted) and submitting such synthetic hotplug
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| 189 |           events to <command>udev</command></para>
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| 190 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevstart">
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| 191 |             <primary sortas="b-udevstart">udevstart</primary>
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| 192 |           </indexterm>
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| 193 |         </listitem>
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| 194 |       </varlistentry>
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| 195 | 
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| 196 |       <varlistentry id="udevtest">
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| 197 |         <term><command>udevtest</command></term>
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| 198 |         <listitem>
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| 199 |           <para>Simulates a <command>udev</command> run for the given device,
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| 200 |           and prints out the name of the node the real <command>udev</command>
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| 201 |           would have created or (not in LFS) the name of the renamed network
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| 202 |           interface</para>
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| 203 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevtest">
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| 204 |             <primary sortas="b-udevtest">udevtest</primary>
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| 205 |           </indexterm>
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| 206 |         </listitem>
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| 207 |       </varlistentry>
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| 208 | 
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| 209 |       <varlistentry id="etc-udev">
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| 210 |         <term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term>
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| 211 |         <listitem>
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| 212 |           <para>Contains <command>udev</command> configuation files,
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| 213 |           device permissions, and rules for device naming</para>
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| 214 |           <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev">
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| 215 |             <primary sortas="e-/etc/udev">/etc/udev</primary>
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| 216 |           </indexterm>
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| 217 |         </listitem>
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| 218 |       </varlistentry>
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| 219 | 
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| 220 |     </variablelist>
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| 221 | 
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| 222 |   </sect2>
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| 223 | 
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| 224 | </sect1>
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