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man: udevd - update intro

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Kay Sievers 2010-05-29 22:51:55 +02:00
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</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para>udevd listens to kernel uevents and executes the instructions specified
in rules. On startup the content of the directory
<filename>/lib/udev/devices</filename> is copied to <filename>/dev</filename>.
If kernel modules specify static device nodes, these nodes are created
even wihtout a corresponding kernel device, to allow on-demand loading of kernel
modules. Matching permissions specified in udev rules are applied to these
static device nodes. The behavior of the running daemon can be changed with
<para>udevd listens to kernel uevents. For every event, udevd executes matching
instructions specified in udev rules. See <citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>.</para>
<para>On startup the content of the directory <filename>/lib/udev/devices</filename>
is copied to <filename>/dev</filename>. If kernel modules specify static device
nodes, these nodes are created even wihtout a corresponding kernel device, to
allow on-demand loading of kernel modules. Matching permissions specified in udev
rules are applied to these static device nodes.</para>
<para>The behavior of the running daemon can be changed with
<command>udevadm control</command>.</para>
</refsect1>