diff --git a/etc/udev/udev.rules b/etc/udev/udev.rules
index 6e6bf4786b..370a961de1 100644
--- a/etc/udev/udev.rules
+++ b/etc/udev/udev.rules
@@ -1,38 +1,8 @@
 # There are a number of modifiers that are allowed to be used in some of the
 # fields.  See the udev man page for a full description of them.
-
-# Looking for scsi bus id 42:0:0:1
-BUS="scsi", PROGRAM="/bin/echo -n test-%b", RESULT="test-42:0:0:1", NAME="%c"
-
-# A usb camera.
-BUS="usb", SYSFS{vendor}="FUJIFILM", SYSFS{model}="M100", NAME="camera%n"
-
-# USB Epson printer to be called lp_epson
-BUS="usb", SYSFS_serial="HXOLL0012202323480", NAME="lp_epson"
-
-# USB HP printer to be called lp_hp
-BUS="usb", SYSFS{serial}="W09090207101241330", NAME="lp_hp"
-
-# sound card with PCI bus id 00:0b.0 to be the first sound card
-BUS="pci", ID="00:0b.0", NAME="dsp"
-
-# sound card with PCI bus id 00:07.1 to be the second sound card
-BUS="pci", ID="00:07.1", NAME="dsp1" 
-
-# USB mouse plugged into the third port of the first hub to be called mouse0
-BUS="usb", PLACE="1.3", NAME="mouse0"
-
-# USB tablet plugged into the third port of the second hub to be called mouse1
-BUS="usb", PLACE="2.3", NAME="mouse1"
-BUS="usb", PLACE="2.4", NAME="mouse2"
-
-# ttyUSB1 should always be called visor
-KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="visor"
-KERNEL="ttyUSB0", NAME="pl2303"
-
-# a devfs like way to name some tty devices
-#KERNEL="ttyS*", NAME="tts/%n"
-#KERNEL="tty*", NAME="vc/%n"
+#
+# See the udev.rules.examples file for more examples of how to create rules
+#
 
 # if this is a ide cdrom, name it the default name, and create a symlink to cdrom
 BUS="ide", KERNEL="*[!0-9]", PROGRAM="/bin/cat /proc/ide/%k/media", RESULT="cdrom", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="cdrom"
diff --git a/etc/udev/udev.rules.examples b/etc/udev/udev.rules.examples
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d619e37e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/udev/udev.rules.examples
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# There are a number of modifiers that are allowed to be used in some of the
+# fields.  See the udev man page for a full description of them.
+#
+#
+# These are some example rules that you could use to name your devices.
+#
+# If anyone has any other examples that they think should be in here for others
+# to use, please send them to greg@kroah.com
+#
+
+# Looking for scsi bus id 42:0:0:1
+BUS="scsi", PROGRAM="/bin/echo -n test-%b", RESULT="test-42:0:0:1", NAME="%c"
+
+# A usb camera.
+BUS="usb", SYSFS{vendor}="FUJIFILM", SYSFS{model}="M100", NAME="camera%n"
+
+# USB Epson printer to be called lp_epson
+BUS="usb", SYSFS_serial="HXOLL0012202323480", NAME="lp_epson"
+
+# USB HP printer to be called lp_hp
+BUS="usb", SYSFS{serial}="W09090207101241330", NAME="lp_hp"
+
+# sound card with PCI bus id 00:0b.0 to be the first sound card
+BUS="pci", ID="00:0b.0", NAME="dsp"
+
+# sound card with PCI bus id 00:07.1 to be the second sound card
+BUS="pci", ID="00:07.1", NAME="dsp1" 
+
+# USB mouse plugged into the third port of the first hub to be called mouse0
+BUS="usb", PLACE="1.3", NAME="mouse0"
+
+# USB tablet plugged into the third port of the second hub to be called mouse1
+BUS="usb", PLACE="2.3", NAME="mouse1"
+BUS="usb", PLACE="2.4", NAME="mouse2"
+
+# ttyUSB1 should always be called visor
+KERNEL="ttyUSB1", NAME="visor"
+KERNEL="ttyUSB0", NAME="pl2303"
+
+# a devfs like way to name some tty devices
+KERNEL="ttyS*", NAME="tts/%n"
+KERNEL="tty*", NAME="vc/%n"
+
+# if this is a ide cdrom, name it the default name, and create a symlink to cdrom
+BUS="ide", KERNEL="*[!0-9]", PROGRAM="/bin/cat /proc/ide/%k/media", RESULT="cdrom", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="cdrom"
+
+# create a symlink named after the device map name
+# note devmap_name comes with extras/multipath
+KERNEL="dm-[0-9]*", PROGRAM="/sbin/devmap_name %M %m", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="%c"
+
+# DRI devices always go into a subdirectory (as per the LSB spec)
+KERNEL="card*", NAME="dri/card%n"
+
+# alsa devices
+KERNEL="controlC[0-9]*", NAME="snd/%k"
+KERNEL="hw[CD0-9]*",     NAME="snd/%k"
+KERNEL="pcm[CD0-9cp]*",  NAME="snd/%k"
+KERNEL="midi[CD0-9]*",   NAME="snd/%k"
+KERNEL="timer",          NAME="snd/%k"
+KERNEL="seq",            NAME="snd/%k"
+
+# input devices
+KERNEL="mice",		NAME="input/%k"
+KERNEL="mouse*",	NAME="input/%k"
+KERNEL="event*",	NAME="input/%k"
+KERNEL="js*",		NAME="input/%k"
+KERNEL="ts*",		NAME="input/%k"
+