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Modified: udev-guide.xml |
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Log: |
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Fix bug #448443 - Update to reflect recent kernels, reword a bit as well since 2.6.6 is not a "recent kernel" anymore. Thanks to Francesco Turco for reporting. |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.56 xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml?rev=1.56&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml?rev=1.56&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml?r1=1.55&r2=1.56 |
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Index: udev-guide.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.55 |
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retrieving revision 1.56 |
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diff -u -r1.55 -r1.56 |
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--- udev-guide.xml 26 Dec 2011 15:22:40 -0000 1.55 |
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+++ udev-guide.xml 25 Dec 2012 18:41:07 -0000 1.56 |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml,v 1.55 2011/12/26 15:22:40 swift Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml,v 1.56 2012/12/25 18:41:07 swift Exp $ --> |
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<guide> |
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<title>Gentoo udev Guide</title> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>10</version> |
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-<date>2011-12-26</date> |
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+<version>12</version> |
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+<date>2012-12-25</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>What is udev?</title> |
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<p> |
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Every time a change happens within the device structure, the kernel emits a |
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<e>uevent</e> which gets picked up by udev. udev then follows the rules as |
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-declared in the <path>/etc/udev/rules.d</path> and |
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-<path>/lib/udev/rules.d</path> directories. Based on the information contained |
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+declared in the <path>/etc/udev/rules.d</path>, <path>/run/udev/rules.d</path> |
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+and <path>/lib/udev/rules.d</path> directories. Based on the information contained |
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within the uevent, it finds the rule or rules it needs to trigger and performs |
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the required actions. These actions can be creating or deleting device files, |
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but can also trigger the loading of particular firmware files into the |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-udev is meant to be used in combination with a 2.6 kernel (like |
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+udev is meant to be used in combination with a 2.6 and 3.x kernel (like |
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<c>gentoo-sources</c> with the default 10.0 profile). If you're using such a |
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kernel then you just should have no issues whatsoever with using udev as the |
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necessary support is built-in in all stable <c>sys-apps/baselayout</c> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-Recent versions of udev (104 and up) along with newer kernel versions (2.6.19 |
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+For a couple of years, udev (104 and up) along with the Linux kernel (versions 2.6.19 |
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and up) may change your disc device names, due to a change in the kernel's |
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libata implementation. A CD-RW device at <path>/dev/hdc</path> may be changed to |
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<path>/dev/sr0</path>. While this is not normally a problem, it may cause issues |
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<p> |
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For kernels older than 2.6.4 you have to explicitly include support for the |
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-<path>/dev/pts</path> filesystem. |
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+<path>/dev/pts</path> filesystem, although we <e>seriously</e> recommend you to |
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+switch to a more recent kernel. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Enabling the /dev/pts filesystem"> |
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