From: "Sven Vermeulen (swift)" <swift@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: udev-guide.xml
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 18:41:07 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121225184107.4FDD42171D@flycatcher.gentoo.org> (raw)
swift 12/12/25 18:41:07
Modified: udev-guide.xml
Log:
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.
Revision Changes Path
1.56 xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml?rev=1.56&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml?rev=1.56&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml?r1=1.55&r2=1.56
Index: udev-guide.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.55
retrieving revision 1.56
diff -u -r1.55 -r1.56
--- udev-guide.xml 26 Dec 2011 15:22:40 -0000 1.55
+++ udev-guide.xml 25 Dec 2012 18:41:07 -0000 1.56
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml,v 1.55 2011/12/26 15:22:40 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/udev-guide.xml,v 1.56 2012/12/25 18:41:07 swift Exp $ -->
<guide>
<title>Gentoo udev Guide</title>
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>10</version>
-<date>2011-12-26</date>
+<version>12</version>
+<date>2012-12-25</date>
<chapter>
<title>What is udev?</title>
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
<p>
Every time a change happens within the device structure, the kernel emits a
<e>uevent</e> which gets picked up by udev. udev then follows the rules as
-declared in the <path>/etc/udev/rules.d</path> and
-<path>/lib/udev/rules.d</path> directories. Based on the information contained
+declared in the <path>/etc/udev/rules.d</path>, <path>/run/udev/rules.d</path>
+and <path>/lib/udev/rules.d</path> directories. Based on the information contained
within the uevent, it finds the rule or rules it needs to trigger and performs
the required actions. These actions can be creating or deleting device files,
but can also trigger the loading of particular firmware files into the
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
<body>
<p>
-udev is meant to be used in combination with a 2.6 kernel (like
+udev is meant to be used in combination with a 2.6 and 3.x kernel (like
<c>gentoo-sources</c> with the default 10.0 profile). If you're using such a
kernel then you just should have no issues whatsoever with using udev as the
necessary support is built-in in all stable <c>sys-apps/baselayout</c>
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
<body>
<p>
-Recent versions of udev (104 and up) along with newer kernel versions (2.6.19
+For a couple of years, udev (104 and up) along with the Linux kernel (versions 2.6.19
and up) may change your disc device names, due to a change in the kernel's
libata implementation. A CD-RW device at <path>/dev/hdc</path> may be changed to
<path>/dev/sr0</path>. While this is not normally a problem, it may cause issues
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@
<p>
For kernels older than 2.6.4 you have to explicitly include support for the
-<path>/dev/pts</path> filesystem.
+<path>/dev/pts</path> filesystem, although we <e>seriously</e> recommend you to
+switch to a more recent kernel.
</p>
<pre caption="Enabling the /dev/pts filesystem">
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